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Article #134Re: Best way to power array of LEDs?
From: Kevin McMurtrie
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 00:37
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 00:37
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In article <aqdlqr01vcm@drn.newsguy.com>, Winfield Hill <whill@picovolt.com> wrote: >>>> Winfield Hill wrote: >>>>> I was taught to make efficient designs by insuring every part >>>>> has a purpose and carries its own weight. With that in mind, >>>>> here's my entry, a slim 32-channel adjustable current source. > >>> ehsjr@bellatlantic.net wrote... >>>> >>>> Where's the remote current sensing/ individual current >>>> auto-adjusting circuit for each LED? > >> Winfield Hill wrote: >>> Oh, sorry, I've fixed it now. > >Clifton T. Sharp Jr. wrote... >> So where's the polarity-reversal mechanism to change the color >> from red to green? :-) > >I apologize for leaving that important feature out. Now fixed. > >> 12V etc >> | 4.7k 68 2W gnd >> +---/\/\----+--- E C --/\/\----+--------------, >> | | B | -Vref | >> |LM385-1.2 B | 3.3k | | | >> +--|>]--- E C ---x----/\/\-----' LED color | | >> | | control | | >> | | LED, two-pin | | | | >> | | N-FETs two color | | | | >> | | \ ,---\--------+----|-+ | | Imon >> | | \ | ,-\------XX--+-|-|----|--|--o >> | B ,-XX--|--\--, | | | | | >> +-/\/\-+- E C -+ +-|>|-+ +-|-|-/\/\--+ >> | | | '-XX--+-|<|-+--XX--' | | | | >> | \ | |____________|____| | | | >> | / | pd | | | | >> | | | ,--||---+-|>|--, | | | | >> | | | | /-|-+------|--/\/\-|-|----+ | >> | '----|--+--< | | | | | | >> | | \+|--------+-------|-|----|--+ [snip] I wonder if we can use a variable frequency drive to adjust the white balance of a white LED, like you can with some fluorescent tubes and EL panels. :)
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