Marketing would fix it by describing the bright one as a special "feature"!

John Ferrell    W8CCW
"My Competition is not my enemy"
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Denny Esterline" <firmware@tds.net>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Gadgets you got for christmas


>I found some extremely cheap white LED flashlights stuffing my stocking. 
>Turns out they drive the three LEDs in parallel without any form of current 
>control. Not surprisingly, one LED is much brighter than the others.
>
> Looks like I'll have to rewire it so the LEDs are in series and setup a 
> little boost converter to drive it off the three AAA cells.
>
> Anybody have a favorite circuit you'd recommend?
>
> -Denny
>
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