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Re: Blue LED

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From: Mike Ardai
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 1990 19:11
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In article <eeP4R1w163w@questor.wimsey.bc.ca> fng@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Felix Ng) writes:
-tom@syssoft.com (Rodentia) writes:
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-> 
-> Anyone making a tricolor LED yet?  It seems that you could use 
-> pulse width modulation to get a pixel of any color at relatively 
-> low power.
-> 
-I think Radio Shack sells one.  Red and green with DC and yellow with AC.
:-) :-)

Actually, Cree Research Inc. has advertised a 3-die LED (RGB).  Their
phone number is 1-800-LED-BLUE.  I haven't seen a blue (or polychrome)
LED yet, but it sure sounds like a fun thing to have...
/mike


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From: ardai@teda.UUCP (Mike Ardai)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Blue LED
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Date: 5 Nov 90 19:11:38 GMT
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