limiting current on LED''s (slightly off topic)
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The extra pennies go to labor or board space. sometimes they are
well worth it.
Personally, I preferr to use resistors.
offer a larger selection of colors, sizes and shapes. of course being
cheaper has it's merits.
Dave
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, Rodent <daweasel@s...> wrote:
> Unfortunately the LED's with the dropping resistor are a bit
pricey -- I
> think last time I checked they were about $1 or so, which is about
3x as
> high as buying a standard LED and a resistor.
>
>
Original Message
>
> > Or, you can just buy the leds with the limiting resistors in
place,
> > installed inside the led housing. Digikey or Newark has them.
well worth it.
Personally, I preferr to use resistors.
offer a larger selection of colors, sizes and shapes. of course being
cheaper has it's merits.
Dave
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, Rodent <daweasel@s...> wrote:
> Unfortunately the LED's with the dropping resistor are a bit
pricey -- I
> think last time I checked they were about $1 or so, which is about
3x as
> high as buying a standard LED and a resistor.
>
>
Original Message
>
> > Or, you can just buy the leds with the limiting resistors in
place,
> > installed inside the led housing. Digikey or Newark has them.