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From: murray@src.dec.com (Hal Murray)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: pulsing LEDs
Keywords: pulse, LED, eye
Message-ID: <1990Aug2.221158.28455@src.dec.com>
Date: 3 Aug 90 05:11:58 GMT
Organization: DEC Systems Research Center
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Years ago, somebody told me that the eye responds more if the available
energy is clumped into bursts.  This was during a discussion of
multiplexing LEDs (or LED decoders).  The idea was that multiplexing
LEDs actually increased the apparent brightness for a given average
current.

I looked around, but didn't find anything to confirm this.  Has anybody
seen any charts eye response vs duty cycle?  Any suggestions as to
where I should look?