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    This document describes two simple flash slave trigger circuits that allow additional flashes to fire simultaneously with the main flash, helping to remove shadows. The simplest circuit uses a solar cell that is triggered by the main flash light to activate a thyristor and fire the slave flash. The extra flash slave trigger circuit allows triggering multiple slave flashes and works in the same way by using the voltage from the main flash to activate transistors that trigger SCRs to fire the slave flashes.

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    This document describes two simple flash slave trigger circuits that allow additional flashes to fire simultaneously with the main flash, helping to remove shadows. The simplest circuit uses a solar cell that is triggered by the main flash light to activate a thyristor and fire the slave flash. The extra flash slave trigger circuit allows triggering multiple slave flashes and works in the same way by using the voltage from the main flash to activate transistors that trigger SCRs to fire the slave flashes.

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    This document describes two simple flash slave trigger circuits that allow additional flashes to fire simultaneously with the main flash, helping to remove shadows. The simplest circuit uses a solar cell that is triggered by the main flash light to activate a thyristor and fire the slave flash. The extra flash slave trigger circuit allows triggering multiple slave flashes and works in the same way by using the voltage from the main flash to activate transistors that trigger SCRs to fire the slave flashes.

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    This document describes two simple flash slave trigger circuits that allow additional flashes to fire simultaneously with the main flash, helping to remove shadows. The simplest circuit uses a solar cell that is triggered by the main flash light to activate a thyristor and fire the slave flash. The extra flash slave trigger circuit allows triggering multiple slave flashes and works in the same way by using the voltage from the main flash to activate transistors that trigger SCRs to fire the slave flashes.

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    Simple flash slave trigger circuit

    Make 2 simple flash slave trigger circuits. Taking good pictures has many
    important techniques. Good images should have proper lighting.
    Sometimes primary flash is not enough. To remove the shadow of the
    image at some point.

    One easy way is to add a flash assistant. It will work after the main flash
    works to remove shadows or add details to the image.

    This circuit has a simple operation. With a block diagram As the picture
    below
    In-circuit there is phototransistor or solar sell get a light of the flash to
    control the SCR run the slave flash works.

    We have 2 circuit ideas about this:

    Table of Contents

    Simplest Flash slave trigger circuit


    The Working of Circuit
    The Extra flash slave trigger circuit
    Related flash trigger circuits

    Simplest Flash slave trigger circuit


    First, it is simplest circuit and cheap. It will help the slave flash
    immediately works almost simultaneously with the main flash. This circuit
    better than other circuits because without the external power supply.

    The Working of Circuit

    Since (look at the circuit below) use the solar cell to get light from the
    main flash. The solar cell will have the voltage to trigger the gate lead of
    thyristor (SCR) Th1 to apply the slave flash works. This all operation use
    times less than 1/1000 second.
    Figure 1: Simplest slave flash trigger circuit

    SCR1- TIC-106D is low power and high sensitivity and includes the
    choke to get the trigger voltage from the solar cell. Which should
    have an aperture area of at least 100 square millimeters.
    The shock coil of 68 mH that helps the circuit has high sensitivity
    and wide up.
    The prototype can be used in distance from the main flash to slave
    flash it makes up to 50 meters.

    Recommended: Learn how SCR Works and using

    What is more? The below circuit is better. Why?


    The Extra flash slave trigger circuit
    This circuit has more components than the first circuit. Also, This makes
    a general flash become 2 extra flash work together. Suitable in the case
    to add flash to remove shadows.

    Same as the previous circuit. This circuit does not require an external
    power supply, too. This circuit consumes very little current Only
    microamps.

    They only use the voltage from the flash at a trigger contact. which in
    some flash may have this voltage up to 150V to 200V.

    Related: Phototransistor Relay switch

    See in the circuit. This voltage is divided by R4 and R5 to be the


    appropriate voltage. And, C2 is a good decoupling filter to smooth
    voltage. Because this circuit consumes very little current only a micro-
    amp. So don’t worry about affecting the flash operation

    How it works
    When the flashlight drops on the phototransistor-Q1. The pulse voltage
    will drop across at R1. Then, C1 passes this signal to Q2. Then, it
    increases a higher signal to trigger a gate of SCR1. So, it runs to connect
    the trigger contact of flash works well.

    The values of the devices in this circuit are calculated for normal flash
    operation. Which is not disturbed by light from other sources such as
    light bulbs or sunlight. But we should also block other light into the
    phototransistor

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    Parts you will need

    0.25W Resistors, tolerance: 5%


    R1, R2: 470K
    R3: 180K
    R4: 4.7M
    R5: 1M

    Ceramic Capacitors
    C1: 0.0022µF 100V
    C2: 0.33µF 100V

    Semiconductors:
    Q1: BP101, Phototransistor
    Q2: BC558, 45V 100mA PNP Transistor
    SCR1: 8A 400V SCR

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