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    IR output on HB —Phethsavong Prachith
   Hi, I'm trying to get the ir output on the handy board to power more than 4 LEDs (need to power 6), anything beyond that the ir signals become drastically weak. I have these LEDs wired serially. I'm not too familiar with electronics, so is it (...) (27 years ago, 5-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
   
        Re: IR output on HB —Chuck McManis
   Run them in parallel, use a transistor. Like so: +5v | +---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | \ \ \ \ \ \ / R / R / R / R / R / R \ 1 \ 2 \ 3 \ 4 \ 5 \ 6 / / / / / / -- -- -- -- -- -- \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ -- -- -- -- -- -- HB + | | | | | | \ | | | | | | / (...) (27 years ago, 5-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
   
        Re: IR output on HB —Fred G. Martin
   No, don't use a transistor! The HB's IR out already has one. But the parallel-with-a-sepa...r-for-each method is correct. -Fred In your message you said: (...) (27 years ago, 5-Aug-97, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
 

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