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it's rated for 1 amp. so you'd have no trouble at all with what you
describe below.
fred
In your message you said:
> Does any one know how much current the ZTX614 NPN Darlington transistor
> (Q1 - IR output driver) can handle. I am wondering whether I can use
> this to driver a total of 5 IR leds, either in parallel or series. The
> indicator led circuitry that goes in parallel to the ir output uses a
> 1Kohm resistor with one of the 2mA leds so I am assuming that if I use 5
> x 1K resistors (one for each output) to drive the leds at 2mA (approx)
> the overall current going through the transistor should be about 12mA.
> Could someone clarify this.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Hatton
> johnhatton@email.com
>
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