parallell led's.................but opposite polarity.......
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff King <jeff@aerodata.net>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]More than 8 LED's from a single 8-bit port


>Scott Dattalo wrote:
>
>> You know, I've been doing a lot of programming lately - too much in fact.
>> But the last time I played with leds you couldn't get current to flow
>> through a 'back-to-back' configuration. Maybe I should just stick to
>> programming. :).
>
>No, just send me more turkey subs.  Back to back was confusing. Is
>there another way to say connect them across each other? (anode to
>cathode with BOTH pins).
>
>When I think of back to back, I see either    ---->|--|<----
>or:   ----------|<---->|-----
>which of course I did not mean at all. I meant:
>
> |----|<-----|
>-|           |-
> |---->|-----|
>
>Is there another term then back to back for this configuration?
>
>-Jeff