URBatORB Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 Hello,I have some blue LEDs with 2500 mcd lying around - they are a "little" bit too bright 8) for controller appliances. Did anybody use blue LEDs, and how many mcd did they have? I need them for my Ableton Live Controller (night and day use). thx/Daniel Quote
moogah Posted September 7, 2006 Report Posted September 7, 2006 Best thing to do is not worry about the candel rating and just use a bigger resistor to limit the current. This increases the life of the LED as well. It can vary quite a bit from LED to LED but I find between 1k and 10k usually gets a nice comfortable level from ultrabrights.Also note that staring into ultrabrights can be as harmful to your vision as a laser pointer in some situations, if diffused ones were commonly available I would reccomend that the clears be avoided. Quote
URBatORB Posted September 7, 2006 Author Report Posted September 7, 2006 Hello,that ist maybe the best solution. I asked only because I had soldered the the standard DOUT resistors today. Certainly can I solder your additional proposed restistors in serial or not?Thanks! Quote
moogah Posted September 8, 2006 Report Posted September 8, 2006 Indeed you can :)Yea, 220R of resistance makes for nice photon lights, but really is a bit hard to look at ;D Quote
URBatORB Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Posted September 8, 2006 ... "the photon controller". Only for the really cool people with sun glasses 8) on stage at night. ;D Quote
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