On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, John Pearson wrote:

> How can I soften the blinking of an LED so that it doesn't go on and
> off so abruptly? Is there a way of doing this with just an RC and no
> transistor?
>
> I am blinking an LED with a pic port and I can use either high or low
> to light LED.

Are you driving the LED directly from the PIC pin with a resistor?  How
about a cap in parallel with the LED, with a current limiting resistor
between Vdd and the LED?  I haven't tried this, may or may not work.

Dale
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