Last time I used a superbright blue LED, I wired 22k or 33k in series with
it to make it more appropriate. That's right 22 or 33 thousand ohms. The
good thing in this is it won't be spiking the PSU when it switches on and off.
Ken
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it to make it more appropriate. That's right 22 or 33 thousand ohms. The
good thing in this is it won't be spiking the PSU when it switches on and off.
Ken
>On 2006-02-25 18:59 -0800, keith sterling wrote:_______________________________________________________________________
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>> > I've got some nice blue ultrabright LEDs,
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>> Not to spoil your fun, but I used blue super bright LEDS on a
>> project.... and hated the look. Unlike the other ultra brights I
>> used, (white, purple, green) the blue ones always distracted me, even
>> from across the room. Plus they were so blinding that I could not
>> read the front panel. I switched them to normal diffused blue leds and
>> everything is better.
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>Where I work, one of the KVMs had a bright blue led. It sat
>about 2.5 m from me, on the side (so it was in my peripheral
>vision). It was so annoying I had to mask it with a piece of
>tape.
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