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Re: LEDs connected to Solenoid Breakout. It's illegal, but why?
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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
A Spike may be bulkier, but you could use one spike to switch two banks of LEDs by wiring each motor output to the positive side of the LED and running the common directly back to the PDB.
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Alternatively, a simple transistor LED driver can be made. Use one digital out pin per LED string.
The driver only needs one CORRECTLY SIZED resistor and transistor per string to work. Just use +12vdc to power it, and control it via the DSC.
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