Looking for cheap boost chip 1.5v for LED

[Tohuwabohu]

I don't think it gets easier than this, my soldering suck so SOT23 is no good for me because its a SMT component. but so far I haven't been able to find one that has it in the easy TO-220 packages:shakehead:mecry:

It's not that difficult. It has only 3 pins. You can solder it direcly to the leads of the LED as shown in the last image on this page. The inductor is beneath the PR4401.

 

[Illum]

last time I tried soldering a LT1111 in SOT23 was a brutal experience
knowing that my solder iron's tip is thicker than a Macdonald's straw:shakehead

 

[firefly99]

hi jtr, can you kindly repost the 2 transistor schematic ? Thank you