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Re: [AVR-Chat] Blinking leds on PortA and PortB - ATmega163

2005-05-15 by Mike Murphree

On May 14, 2005, at 8:26 PM, wbounce wrote:

> You resistor value seems high.
> I use a 300 - 330 ohm resistor because a led needs 15 mAmps.  Ie 5V/ 
> 330
> = .015 amps

There are a number of LEDs that will work fine on 2 mA.  Also don't  
forgot to subtract the forward voltage drop of the LED from the  
supply voltage when calculating current.

Mike

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