BEP Application #4 - The BBPV

Dave Hrynkiw
March 4, 2003

We've churned out another Bicore Experimenter's PCB project: The "Bare Bones PhotoVore". This is an elegant little circuit, which offers the functionality of a basic photovore (with tactiles) all on a very simple circuit.

Ours is solar-powered by a Miller Solarengine, but if you wanted to build one with a battery, your parts count would only be six parts (well, seven if you include a power switch)!

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