NickLee1983 Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 Is there a color changing LED that changes its color based on the resistor attached to it? If so where can you get them?
Flashman Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 Usually they are two or three terminal devices based on voltage bias. However you could set up a bridge circuit that alters bias across them according to resistance.
NickLee1983 Posted November 12, 2008 Author Posted November 12, 2008 what its for is i am building a lawton PWM and on the potentiometers i am wanting to put leds that change their color as i change the resistance... how would i go about that?
Flashman Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 With a 3 wire like this, http://www.ledtechusa.com/data/datasheets/LT246X-XX-D51.html I'd use a 1K or 500 Ohm pot coaxial with the pot you were using in the PWM circuit. Wire the wiper to +ve and put the anodes of the LED across it, and wire the cathode to 0V through a current limiting resistor.
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