On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Jeff King wrote:

> 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?

After I sent the message, I thought about how you would do this and then
understood what you are talking about. The term you're looking for is
'anti-parallel'. But it has been a looonngg day.

Regards,
Scott