Re: Low-voltage diac?

From: Gerard Bok (bok118_at_zonnet.nl)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:02:07 GMT

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:20:52 +0100, Zak <jute@zak.invalid> wrote:

>Gerard Bok wrote:
>
>> But either way: it's not a diac. (Rememer, the nice tiny device
>> that fires reliably, even in the absence of a soldering iron :-)
>
>What about two zeners and a triac? That could be a nice diac :)

Could well be. Provided that you get the triac fired on 12..15
volts. 

-- 
Kind regards,
Gerard Bok

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