Re: TI-H: Re: LZ: Backlighting
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Jason C. Wenger wrote:
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> >Digi-Key sells a four chip LED from Cree. It has two blue chips, one
> >red and one green. If you put the correct amount of current into the
> >LED, it can create any color light, including white. They are rather
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> No. Remember the experiments in junior high science class when you use a
> prism to break up a white light into a spectrum? This proves that white
> light is made up of all colors mixed together. LEDs can only emit one
> frequency at a time.
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True, what you are saying is absolutely correct HOWEVER, there ARE white
LEDs (only developed within the last year I believe) and they are a
combination of multiple LEDs. I still think that Night Vision RED would
be the best color for the light.
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