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- From: cyberman@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Cyberman)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: the first led's?
- Message-ID: <gate.N41gPB1w165w@toz.buffalo.ny.us>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 00:41:21 GMT
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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.
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- 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.)
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- 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. :)
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- Stephen Cyberman@Toz.Buffalo.NY.US
- Scripted at Thu 08-13-1992 15:50:01
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- ... "Mr. Worf, fire phasers at Michael" ... Zzzzzap!
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