Making a beacon indicator LED burn its brightest without burning out

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Making a beacon indicator LED burn its brightest without burning out

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24-01-2004, 18:04

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Re: Making a beacon indicator LED burn its brightest without burning out

leds are spec'd with a constant current and a peak current. If you are pulsing them, the peak current is what you cant exceed, and then you have to be mindful of the duty cycle so the RMS (sort of like the averaged current) stays close to the constant current spec.

BTW - what beacon are you talking about?!

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