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| Bender:
I've been looking for some of these thanks for the link and the info everyone I bought some white wide angle ones and some RGB ones I'll let you know how they are |
| Blanka:
BTW, if they are too bright, you can always dim them with the PWM modulation of the LED-wiz. |
| ulao:
--- Quote ---BTW, if they are too bright, you can always dim them with the PWM modulation of the LED-wiz. --- End quote --- - I dont know what kind of LEDs you guys are buying but to dim an LED you change or add a resistor. Even if it has an internal one you can add to it.I buy my products off ebay, but that is be cause it kills mouser pricing. Like "Grab Bag Bulk LEDs May incl White, Blue, Red, Green LED" off ebay for a penny. or "100PCS MegaBright Blue LED 5mm 13000 mcd!Car DIY!Free/R" for 17.99 (74.99 for 1000) |
| Franco B:
We're just using 'standard' LEDs and resistors generally with a 5v source (LED Wiz etc). You could lower the maximum brightness using a higher value resistor but you may as well use the lower value resistor and use the LED Blinky software to set the brightness. That way you could increase the brightness if required for a certain LED task/event. If you limit the LED with a higher value resistor you will not be able to increase the brightness if you wish to do so without swapping the resistor. |
| Blanka:
Limiting the brightness of a LED with resistors is a pain in the ass. They have no linear behaviour like a bulb. PWM is the way to give LED's different levels of brightness, nothing else. |
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