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From: pianin@bbn.com (Jerrold Pianin)
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Subject: Re: LED brightness, colors
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Date: 6 Jul 90 19:38:45 GMT
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In article <7644@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> rspangle@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Randy Spangler) writes:
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>Also, what's the easiest way to blink a high-current LED at say 2-10 Hz?
>I've heard there's some way to do it with a 555 timer, but electronics isn't
>my strong point.  Blinking LED's (that have the driver built in) seem to be
>a lot dimmer than non-blinking ones.
>

Try putting a blinking LED in series with the high-current one.