Hi Kestrel, Thanks for your reply. I did try Babel Fish to translate the doc_led pdf file but it was not good at all, I tried it again with the google translator with better results. It wasn’t prefect of course but I did get a better understanding of whats going on.
I’m looking to make a 3-point Clip using IR 5mm led’s that I found locally for $1 aud each, (they only had 3), I know they are not the best ones to get, (only 20 degrees, but I will sand them), I’m getting the SFH 485p led’s next week. So for the minute I thought I would try the local ir led’s as practice but now I need a little help with the resistor side, these are the details I feed the LED Assembly Wizard.
Power Supply: 6.5 volts @ 300 mA
Forward power: 1.2 volts
Continuous Forward current: 50 mA
The LED Assembly Wizard tells me the resistor theorical value should be 58 Ohms. And the Resistor choice is, (E24 range) 62 Ohms 5%, and the E12 range resistor choice is 68 Ohms 10%. The wizard suggested a serial assembly.
At the moment I have some .25w 68k 5% resistors, Blue-Grey-Orange-Gold or part number R1120, or
http://tinyurl.com/2l92p3. So for a 3-point clip setup, do you think this resistor will be ok?
Also, where does the resistor go? Say, power supply, resistor and then led1 +anode, led1 –cathode to led2 +anode, led2 –cathode to led3 +anode, led3 –cathode to negative/ ground? Any help will be appreciated.
Cheers
Marc
