This circuit for voltages up to about 20 V was found in a 90s Popular Electronics. The LED can be of any type or color.
This circuit is from an old publication but can be implemented with modern silicon transistors such as...
This circuit uses two JFET such as the BF244 or BF245 and has an excellent gain with small...
The presented circuit is suggested by Texas Instruments (www.ti.com) in its Application Report...