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Do any of you know of any vendors that sell Blue leds that run on low voltages such as 2.0vdc. All I have been able to find are ones that run on 3.6-3.8vdc.
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Looking for low voltage Blue LEDs.
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Re: leds
That is EXACTLY what i did for my power led. I moded a molex adapter for a fan with a relay and sorts to drive the 3.8v led. The leds that i am going to be replacing are in the DVD and CDRW drives.
Arkaine23 said:
That is EXACTLY what i did for my power led. I moded a molex adapter for a fan with a relay and sorts to drive the 3.8v led. The leds that i am going to be replacing are in the DVD and CDRW drives.
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blue leds
Aren't those the smaller ones? Not 5mm? I haven't even seen small blue leds anywhere. Go red if you can't find what you want. It'd be better than green and bright enough at low voltage. Good luck finding the blues though. I know maintaining a color scheme can be very important.
Aren't those the smaller ones? Not 5mm? I haven't even seen small blue leds anywhere. Go red if you can't find what you want. It'd be better than green and bright enough at low voltage. Good luck finding the blues though. I know maintaining a color scheme can be very important.
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They are hard to find, however they are out there (@3.8v 
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http://www.netdisty.net/ds/SML10UB/
I think I may have to hook up some sort of relay to power some 3.8v from the 2.0 that i have.
)http://www.netdisty.net/ds/SML10UB/
I think I may have to hook up some sort of relay to power some 3.8v from the 2.0 that i have.
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or if you wantes to get complex you could use a low volt solid state relay that closes at 2v to run the led from the +5v line with resisters well just my two hundredths of a dollar
well just my two hundredths of a dollar
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well the lowest voltage i could find was 3vdc (not to say they aren't out there) i thnk your best bet would be to just run the 3.8v @ 2.0v and not get the full brightness.
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Tbird man said:or if you wantes to get complex you could use a low volt solid state relay that closes at 2v to run the led from the +5v line with resisters
That is exactly what i had in mind
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Same here, I just pulled out my 1728page Newark components catalog and all I could find was 5-12-24-48v as well as a few 3v and 6v relays.
I did just find some leds at UmaxPC.com that are listed as 2.5-3v.
http://umaxpc.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/168?PHPSESSID=e2db51221998b6f548facbd824f78f86
im kinda wary about ordering them becaus i bet they are realy the same thing as the 3.8v-5v that can be purchased at radioshack.
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LED voltage and wavelength
From what I've found, the color is directly tied to the wavelength:
wavelength (nm) voltage
565 (green) 2.2-3.0
590 (yellow) 2.2-3.0
615 (orange) 1.8-2.7
640 (red) 1.6-2.0
690 (another red) 2.2-3.0
880 (infrared) 2.0-2.5
etc.
I didn't find any specs on blue (and I didn't look very hard), but from what I can tell, the minimal voltage occurs in the red-orange range, then increases with decreasing (and increasing) wavelength. This is probably why you aren't seeing a large amount of variation in the voltage for the blue LED's.
-- Paul
From what I've found, the color is directly tied to the wavelength:
wavelength (nm) voltage
565 (green) 2.2-3.0
590 (yellow) 2.2-3.0
615 (orange) 1.8-2.7
640 (red) 1.6-2.0
690 (another red) 2.2-3.0
880 (infrared) 2.0-2.5
etc.
I didn't find any specs on blue (and I didn't look very hard), but from what I can tell, the minimal voltage occurs in the red-orange range, then increases with decreasing (and increasing) wavelength. This is probably why you aren't seeing a large amount of variation in the voltage for the blue LED's.
-- Paul
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You could take a white one and color it blue with a magic marker, or get some of these http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=070-086
I am in the same situation, I have a 3.7V Blue LED and tried hooking it up to the power LED and it was barely glowing
I wonder what would happen if I hooke it too the 5V? Would it handle the extra 1.3V or just blow up?
I am in the same situation, I have a 3.7V Blue LED and tried hooking it up to the power LED and it was barely glowing
I wonder what would happen if I hooke it too the 5V? Would it handle the extra 1.3V or just blow up?
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yea, thats what i figured. standard blue leds are 470nm.
does any one know if the leds on UmaxPC are what they say they are? or am i going to have to risk it and find out?
does any one know if the leds on UmaxPC are what they say they are? or am i going to have to risk it and find out?
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scoobydoo said:You could take a white one and color it blue with a magic marker, or get some of these http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=070-086
I am in the same situation, I have a 3.7V Blue LED and tried hooking it up to the power LED and it was barely glowing
I wonder what would happen if I hooke it too the 5V? Would it handle the extra 1.3V or just blow up?
I have my power led hooked up to the 5v with a resistor, the led will prob pop if you put much more than 5v thru it, also it will start glowing a whiteish blue, and will get very hot.
What I am trying to do is attach the blue leds to the cdrom drive so they flash when the drive is reading. and for that i need a 2v led.
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white leds usualy run at 3.6-3.8v also
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Iron Hawk said:
Use a small relay that switches with 2V or a transistor (NPN or PNP usually give a voltage drop of .6V or more) with a series of resistors to switch on an external circuit to power the LED. I might actually do something similar on my fanbus design. (Thanks again for the response, Iron Hawk!)
-- Paul
I recently did my CDroms, floppy, power and HDD leds to blue, I used the Linrose Super Brite 3mm Blue Leds. They'll work between 2v - 5v. The package doesn't have a voltage rating only .020ma. They work fine on all my devices and they're bright enough also. I got mine at Frye's Electronic the Manufacture part #4303F6. If you don't have a Frye's nearby do a search for Linrose LED's and you should get a list of some distributors who sell them. They were $2.29 at Frye's.
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ok i am god i found a page that gives you a wiring diagram so you can run 16 LED's at once.
8 red and 8 blue and the flash from red to blue with the HDD led signal
and it runs off of 12V for the LED's
it gives part list and everything
here ya go guys:
http://www.bit-tech.net/article/58
8 red and 8 blue and the flash from red to blue with the HDD led signal
and it runs off of 12V for the LED's
it gives part list and everything
here ya go guys:
http://www.bit-tech.net/article/58
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Re: found it!
**bows**
I just may have to get one of those to do my TDK burner. Its got a bicolor orange / green now, and i really want blue for reading, red for burning.
FragSyndrome said:
**bows**
I just may have to get one of those to do my TDK burner. Its got a bicolor orange / green now, and i really want blue for reading, red for burning.
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