Timeline for 16 segment LED sparkfun resistor help
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| May 17, 2015 at 18:03 | comment | added | EM Fields | @longstaff: In a word, yes. | |
| May 17, 2015 at 17:29 | comment | added | longstaff | Perhaps I was not clear enough, the 220 ohm resistor is on the RSet pin, does this problem mean that the resistor is too low? | |
| May 17, 2015 at 16:54 | comment | added | Peter Bennett | The TLC5916IN is a constant current LED driver, so you don't need any resistors, including the single 220 ohm resistor on the common anode. The LED current will be set by the resistor on the RSet pin of the driver. | |
| May 17, 2015 at 16:44 | comment | added | longstaff | The drivers I am using are the TLC5916IN, which are "current controlled", which I presume is what you mean. (it has an external resistor to set the current) So do I have the wrong resistor set up? | |
| May 17, 2015 at 15:24 | history | answered | Peter Bennett | CC BY-SA 3.0 |