M. Adam Davis ha scritto: > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Chris McSweeny wrote: >> for a given mean current any LED will appear brighter if that current is constant rather than PWM. > > So it sounds like all those people who are pulsing their LEDs for > increased brightness at a given power input are doing so for no > reason? Well, IMO you can achieve "brighter/stronger pulses of light", useful for instance in remote controls. But the average light would be almost the same, and actually I don't remember using "overdrive" (let's call it so) in other uses... -- Ciao, Dario -- Cyberdyne -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist