Re: Driving a led without a series resistor (PWM technique)
- From: Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:39:03 -0400
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:52:38 -0700 (PDT), zigbee@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi,
I'm designing a board where the microcontroller is supposed to drive
10 red leds and 4 optocouplers.
I would like to drive the leds and the opto's without a series
resistor using the PWM technique. I made some experiments and all
seems to work fine in the lab.
1. The supply voltage is 3.3 Volt
2. The microcontroller is an ARM7 by NXP (LPC2387)
3. In DC, the microcontroller's GPIO ports are able to source or sink
20 mA ( I measured that)
4. The leds are driven with a duty cycle of 1/5. The average current
that the leds sink is 5 mA.
5. The light emitted by the leds in these condition (1/5 PWM) is more
than acceptable.
Based on your experience and knowledge, what do you think about this
solution?
It sucks
Should I sink (the N-MOS will work) or source (I P-MOS will work) the
current?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion,
Enrico
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Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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