On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:12:22 -0400, Tim Hart wrote:
> I think you can pulse an LED at an higher ma and voltage if you limit
> the "on time" and give it time to recover.  If it's on 1/10 of the
> time at twice the ma....it has time to recover?  I might be wrong on
> this....

Most LED datasheets will give a maximum pulsed forward current
specification with maximum pulse width and duty cycle/repetition rate
specification. The maximum pulsed current is usually on the order of
1.5A for a typical RED led for a few uSecs and a very low duty cycle.

As Olin is oft heard to say (paraphrasing) "Read the datasheet -- the
answers are there!"

Matt Pobursky
Maximum Performance Systems

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