What is the correct supply voltage for LEDs?
2021年4月6日 · LEDs are nonlinear devices -- their current vs. voltage curve is exponential with voltage. In practical terms, it means that essentially no current flows at low voltages, and then the current very rapidly rises. In the case of your LED, that "low voltage" is around 1.6V. If you look at the datasheet, figure 2, you'll see this.
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2015年1月30日 · The purpose of the series resistor is to throttle the current through the LED. Forward voltage of the LED goes into the in calculation of the current limiting resistor. $$ R = \frac{V_{cc} - V_f}{I_f} $$ There is nothing fundamentally wrong with using a higher voltage if you size the current limiting resistor appropriately for the voltage.
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2022年5月5日 · The curve is for the LED alone. The voltage across your resistor will be the supply voltage from your CR1220 minus the LED's voltage. So the LED affects the current flowing through the circuit. But the current through the circuit also affects the voltage across the LED.
How to determine voltage across LEDs in a circuit?
2018年1月10日 · the voltage of the LED is multiplied by the number of series = drive voltage. the driving current for each series of LED should be within 20mA. if the LED light string is parallel, the drive current =20ma is multiplied by the number of parallel connections. Considering the safety of LED, the current is better than the calculated current.
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2015年1月21日 · With the LED there, all the current will flow through the LED, and no current will flow through the Zener, as there will only be 2 volts across it. The LED datasheet will show the typical voltage across the LED with some specified current. Often, there will be a graph showing how the voltage varies with current.
How to know how many LEDs can be used at a given voltage
2012年5月10日 · KVL says that the sum of all voltages in a loop is zero. In our case, the battery's voltage is equal to the sum of the voltages over LEDS and resistor. (The voltage over a component is often called the voltage drop over it.) In the schematic above we start with 3V at the top. The LED "drops" 2.2V, so the voltage at the cathode is 0.8V.
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2011年3月3日 · Typically, the forward voltage of an LED is about 1.8–3.3 volts; it varies by the color of the LED. A red LED typically drops 1.8 volts, but voltage drop normally rises as the light frequency increases, so a blue LED may drop around 3.3 volts. LED forward voltage quick reference. IR LED drops about 1.5V; Red: ~2V; Amber: ~2V; Yellow: ~2V ...
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2021年6月28日 · Some LED datasheets will have a current/voltage chart, some won't. With the typical mixed grab bag stuff hobbyists get from Amazon or e-Bay or wherever, you won't have a current/voltage chart. You can make them yourself if you have (or make) a small I/V plotter.
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2018年9月16日 · Figure 1. The LED color guide from Lumex gives a good overview of the various LED types, chemistry and wavelengths. For some explanation, if required, see LEDs and colour (mine). Like all diodes (the D of LED), a certain voltage is required for the electrons to get them across the depletion region. The electron releases its energy as a photon.
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2017年7月23日 · Connect up to your 5 V supply and measure the voltage drop across the LED. You could also measure the current through the line. (Be careful not to measure voltage on current range.) Go back to step 1 and recalculate with the new values. The image below may help. Figure 1 shows that a green LED at 20 mA will have a forward voltage drop of about ...