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It is common to have a series resistor to limit the current trough an LED. I saw a circuit using the LED driver: stp16cpc26. but instead having the series resistor, they are in parallel. This LED...

1 answer · posted 4y ago by zeke‭ · edited 1y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

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Lorenzo Donati‭ · 2023-08-09T19:52:20Z (about 1 year ago)
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zeke‭ · 2020-08-28T21:02:46Z (about 4 years ago)
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~~![Image alt text](https://electrical.codidact.com/uploads/zz4M9zvS8HR7cWnWiuQq4wF5)LED with parallel resistor~~
It is common to have a series resistor to limit the current trough an LED.
I saw a circuit using the LED driver: stp16cpc26. but instead having the series resistor, they are in parallel.
This LED driver is a kind of constant current source, where you select the current selecting the Rext.
Sorry but honestly I can understand why in parallel... I meant It seems having the series resistor might work as well
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It is common to have a series resistor to limit the current trough an LED.
I saw a circuit using the LED driver: stp16cpc26. but instead having the series resistor, they are in parallel.
This LED driver is a kind of constant current source, where you select the current selecting the Rext.
Sorry but honestly I can understand why in parallel... I meant It seems having the series resistor might work as well
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This is a LED driver, current output is set by the Rext.
This is a SPI (kind of 16 bit shift register) and the brightness is controlled by the PWM duty cycle. I do not understand why the resistors are in parallel instead of series.
This is a professional design
![Image alt text](https://electrical.codidact.com/uploads/rBLvCvWhK18XUp84e74EjCqT)

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![Image alt text](https://electrical.codidact.com/uploads/zz4M9zvS8HR7cWnWiuQq4wF5)LED with parallel resistor

It is common to have a series resistor to limit the current trough an LED.
I saw a circuit using the LED driver: stp16cpc26. but instead having the series resistor, they are in parallel.

This LED driver is a kind of constant current source, where you select the current selecting the Rext.

Sorry but honestly I can understand why in parallel... I meant It seems having the series resistor might work as well

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