Dave Anderson on Nostr: darn, pretty blue LEDs have an annoyingly high Vf. So either I have to find some ...
darn, pretty blue LEDs have an annoyingly high Vf. So either I have to find some driver IC that does non-resistive current limiting, or run a 5V rail just to get enough margin for the LEDs. Or I guess use comforting traditional red/amber/green LEDs instead of this newfangled InGaN stuff.
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