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RE: [AVR-Chat] Bi-Colour LED coontrol with one pin?

2006-03-03 by Roy

See attached WORD file of the Switcher CAD III plot of the circuit below.

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Roy Hopkins
22 Grenada Street
Tauranga
New Zealand
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-----Original Message-----
From: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Russell Shaw
Sent:
Thursday, 2 March 2006 7:44 p.m.
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [AVR-Chat] Bi-Colour LED coontrol with one pin?

Peter Gargano wrote:
> I can't figure this out simply. I'm sure there is a simple solution
> tho'. Chip is the Mega-168 that I want to add an extra function to.
>
> Assume I have either a two or three pin bi-colour LED (ie. either back
> to back LEDs with two pins, or two LEDs with a common pin).
>
> I have a single pin on an AVR processor that can either be LOW, HIGH,
> or Tri-state.
>
> I want to drive the LEDs either both OFF, one on, or the other on, but
> NOT both on.
>
> SO, I have three states the pin can be in, and three states for the
> LED to be in.
>
; +5VCC
; --+----------+--
; | |
AVR ; |c NPN >
---+ LEDs ; \|b__ < 10k
| +-->|---+ /| | >
|pin | | 220ohms |e | |
+-----+ +-----\/\/\-------+ +----+
| | | |e | |
| +--|<---+ \|b__| >
---+ /| < 10k
; |c PNP >
; | |
; ----+----------+---- GND


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