Hi,
I'm about to wire up a heap of "dumb" LEDs to a +ve supply and wonder if there is any benefits to putting the current limiting resistor on the "+ve " side of the LED as apposed to the GND or " 0 ve" side
Thanks in advance
Resistor & LED placement
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Re: Resistor & LED placement
Doesn't matter at all. The same current flow through both either way which means the excess voltage is across the resistor.
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Re: Resistor & LED placement
Thanks,
Thats what I thought, I'd thought I would just check incase there were some slight esoteric reasons for one whay over the other
Thats what I thought, I'd thought I would just check incase there were some slight esoteric reasons for one whay over the other
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Re: Resistor & LED placement
Electrically there is no difference.
However thermically it could be different depending on other circumstances. LEDs should be as cool as possible. So it may be for example that GND wire conducts better temperature.
But the in-flu-ence on reliability is probably small.
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However thermically it could be different depending on other circumstances. LEDs should be as cool as possible. So it may be for example that GND wire conducts better temperature.
But the in-flu-ence on reliability is probably small.
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