Timeline for LEDs seem to automatically self-regulate to achieve ideal voltage across terminals
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| Nov 24, 2017 at 16:45 | history | edited | Transistor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added missing "but".
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| Nov 24, 2017 at 11:38 | comment | added | Transistor | It's kind of the other way around: you need to get the voltage up to about 3 to get the diode to "open" and conduct a significant current. Once this happens the voltage increases very slightly with large increases in current. See the link I posted in the comment to jonk's answer. | |
| Nov 24, 2017 at 11:17 | comment | added | ad555 | So, to be clear, the LED is NOT really self-regulating its resistance to get the voltage across it up to 3? | |
| Nov 24, 2017 at 7:33 | history | edited | Transistor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed duplicated word.
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| Nov 24, 2017 at 0:11 | comment | added | Wesley Lee | So, pseudo-random actually ;) | |
| Nov 23, 2017 at 23:43 | history | answered | Transistor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |