The photo FET is not a common component today. In this 1964 Electronic Design application we have a light switch circuit.
This amplifier with very high input impedance was suggested by Texas Instruments in a manual of...
Using only a ULN5804 integrated circuit, stepper motors up to 500 mA can be controlled from TTL...
Constant current sources are used in applications such as battery chargers, electrolytic tanks, etc....