ahhhh....I believe that is the app note I was looking for. Thanks much!!! >From: William Bross >Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: Re: [EE]: driving an LED with AC >Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 11:25:07 -0400 > >Here is a link to a 1 page app note: > >http://www.ele.uva.es/~pedro/optoele/LEDs/Appnotes/LED_AC_operation.pdf > >Bill > >-----Original Message----- >From: pic microcontroller discussion list >[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Micro Eng >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 9:39 AM >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: [EE]: driving an LED with AC > > >Doing some searching, I've come up emtpy, but somewhere I've seen some >notes on this. > >Using a standard LED, but driving it with low voltage AC (24V or 48V). >Seems like one was a resistor only solution but another was a res/cap >solution. So does anyone have a reference to this? Seems like it >should be simple to do, but curious about the underlying concept about >it. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > >-- >http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList >mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu