Re: TI-H: Add LEDs to your link cable!


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Re: TI-H: Add LEDs to your link cable!



eplese@Lnd.com wrote:
> 
> I have heard a lot of people saying my design won't work, but it
> DOES.  I haven't yet tried it on the TI-TI link cable, but I have
> successfully built this for the parallel link.  With the 10,000 ohm
> resistors, the LEDs draw an extremely small amount of electricity
> (about .0003 amps) which is far too small to affect any link
> transmissions.

I should think that while the LED's aren't taking all that much current,
the 10K resistors are...aren't they?  I have minimal electronics
training, but enough to know that resistors cut down on the voltage (and
thus the amps as well, since they're proportional).

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