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     -=> Michael Masterson spoke of "Re: the first led's?" <=-
    To All at 08-11-92  23:47
 MM> no no no... classic tri-color LEDs are made with a red and green LED
 MM> in one package, turn on red, you get red, turn on green, you get
 MM> green, turn on both, you get yellow... thus, 3 colors.

 MM> put blue in there and you could have an easy eight color LED (ok,
 MM> seven and black, red, green, blue, cyan, yellow magenta and white.)  

AND if you want to get fancy you can use some D/A convertors,
op amps, and trimmer pots to control the current and therfore
level in each LED thus allowing you a WIDE variety of colors.  :)

        Stephen Cyberman@Toz.Buffalo.NY.US
        Scripted at Thu  08-13-1992  15:50:01

... "Mr. Worf, fire phasers at Michael" ... Zzzzzap!
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