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Re: Using the PCM to control a LED

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Originally Posted by cantdecide View Post
We're using a custom LED assembly for illuminating the retro-reflective tape and it needs ~300 milliamps at 12V, meaning we can't use DIO, and because it heats up so quickly, we can't directly hook it up to the VRM(having the LED be on during the whole match would probably destroy the LEDs).
Can I ask a simple question? How BRIGHT is this LED assembly that would destroy the LEDs over the period of a match? The retro-reflective tape doesn't require all that much illumination and I'm now worried about a proverbial "light cannon" (as I've heard robot mounted flashlights called recently) shining into the opposing drive teams eyes. Remember that you aren't just on level ground but tilted if you are crossing the defenses at all.

Just curious is all...
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