Flashlight Timer

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Children's flashlights often have timers to preserve battery life.

A nice design which even turns off if the pushbutton is held depressed or jammed a long time. Not re-triggerable while the light is still on though(Thanks for pointing that out Watson):

Circuit Diagram aka Schematic reverse engineered from circuit board

Below is one that starts off bright and slowly dims out to nothing. They could have eliminated the need for a power switch by putting a 2.2M ohm resistor across the capacitor:

Circuit Diagram aka Schematic reverse engineered from circuit board

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