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Ed -

So something like a Pulse Width Modulator for a motor would work very well  
here?

Thanks for the welcome expansion of  knowledge on LED's here on the LML.

John


On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:52:30 -0500, Ed McCauley <ed.mccauley@bltinc.com>  
wrote:

> Using a transistor as a simple ON/OFF switch is an effective way to  
> address controlling the power of LEDS.  With this approach there is no  
> series element (resistor or transistor) that's dropping voltage/power  
> and wasting energy in the form of heat.



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