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crashwg:
Is there any particular reason you went with common anode Budda? I though common cathode was more the "norm"... :-\ I could be wrong on that, it's just my observation.
Buddabing:
--- Quote from: crashwg on July 05, 2005, 12:15:55 am ---Is there any particular reason you went with common anode Budda?
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rdagger:
--- Quote from: Buddabing on July 05, 2005, 11:41:33 am ---I wonder about the relative brightness of the red, green, and blue LEDs, what colors will be possible, and how hard it will be to produce white.
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Using pulse width modulation you can create just about any color. You can get the relative RGB brightness even by playing with the resistors, but it does take a little work. Furthermore, I found that the RGB LED's don't have consistent brightness. Therefore, the resistor combination that works for one LED may not be ideal for the next. The diffused lens makes a big difference when working with the RGB LED's. Although the clear lens is brighter, it does not mix the 3 colors well. Therefore, when you start mixing the RGB colors, you can see hot spots of the primary colors though the clear lens.
Here's a shot showing one my pushbuttons illuminated with a diffused RGB LED cycling through a few colors:
gl.tter:
There seems to be conflicting information on LED terminology.
Buddabing:
--- Quote from: gl.tter on July 05, 2005, 02:14:59 pm ---There seems to be conflicting information on LED terminology.
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