[sdiy] Bicolor LED driver?
Luís Marka
luis.marka at terra.com.br
Thu Nov 24 21:39:55 CET 2005
Hi gang,
I decided to use bicolor LEDs to indicate output voltage in a few
modules (LFOs, for example). The idea is to have the red LED going ON
for positive signals, and the green one for negative. So far I am
driving the red half of the LED with a standard NPN transistor buffer,
and the green half via an inverter operational amplifier at unitary gain
followed by an identical buffer. The LED is a 3-pin, with a common catode.
Question: Is there a simpler way to do that? It would be great if I
could get rid of the op. amp, this would save quite some space on the
boards and simplify the layout, especially when I drive several LEDs in
one module!
Best,
Luis Marka
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