.. accurate current requires dedicated switching regulators. Choosing a discrete driver circuit requires an understanding of LED lighting to make the best trade-off. This Design Idea describes a simpler and equally good way to employ the ...
.. Bruno Electronic Design This basic low-power driver, based on a few standard discrete components, can supply a variety of LED types and loads. Figure 1. With a few standard discrete components, this LED driver can source current to a series ...
.. For example, references 1 , and 2 show circuits that use switched-mode-regulator ICs and low-voltage sources to supply LED current. To produce a constant-current output using the circuit in Reference 1 , you configure the regulator IC as ...
.. this circuit provides an easily controlled current source that is well-suited for dimming LEDs Many applications for LED illumination require wide dimming ratios, which can be easily done using an adjustable current source (Fig. 1). ...
.. Dutcher EDN The circuit in Figure 1 allows you to light any type of LED from a single cell whose voltage ranges from 1 to 1.5 V. This range accommodates alkaline, carbon-zinc, NiCd, or ...
.. Sundararaj Electronic Design This idea describes a white-LED (WLED) driver circuit controlled by a simple ambient light sensor (ALS). A typical application would be a ...
.. H. Russell Electronic Design I needed a simple LED indicator showing that a particular voltage level had been reached specifically, that a capacitor had charged to a ...
.. reasonably large amounts of current. This Design Idea shows three alternative methods for driving a two-pin, two-color LED from a single I/O pin. Figure 1 illustrates one possible approach that uses external inverter IC 1 to drive D 1 , a ...