but this time he’s set his sensors on the real thing. [cpldcpu] hooked a photodiode to his oscilloscope, pointed it at a candle flame, and recorded the result. The first interesting observation ...

Nothing says “romance” — or “extended power outage” — like the warm, soft glow of a real candle ... of MOSFETs — to get the candle to produce a stable flame. But once it did ...

1. Ask the adult you are working with to light the candle. 2. Watch the candle flame start out small and get bigger. Notice how some of the wax near the wick melts. 3. As the flame burns, the wax from ...

Luminara uses 100 percent pure paraffin wax, which is what real candles are made from, so they feel realistic. The “flame” part dances around like a real flame thanks to two AA batteries ...