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Article #10298Re: Tri-color LED
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 17:24
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 17:24
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In article <13140@hubcap.clemson.edu> tdaniel@hubcap.clemson.edu (tod daniels) writes: >I would prefer one with three separate diode leads and a common >anode (or cathode) in a single package with a single lens. >The three colors should be red, blue, and green. Nobody makes r/g/b LEDs yet that I know of. Practical blue LEDs are a very recent development. >I know that two color LEDs are available, but they usually require that >the voltage across the diode be reversed to get the other color. "Usually" is a vast overstatement; circa half of the manufacturers supply the three-lead version instead. (In particular, almost all rectangular bicolor LEDs are the three-lead version.) These are sometimes advertised as "three color" LEDs, but they mean red, green, and yellow. -- "Read the OSI protocol specifications? | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology I can't even *lift* them!" | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Tri-color LED Message-ID: <1991Feb20.172446.26974@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <13140@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 17:24:46 GMT