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LED - RGB Clear Common Cathode
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Ever hear of a thing called RGB? Red, Green, Blue? How about an RGB LED?
These 5mm units have four pins - Cathode is the longest pin. One for each
color and a common cathode. Use this one LED for three status indicators or
pulse width modulate all three and get mixed colors!
Note: As of 1/2010, the pins in the datasheet are correctly labeled. Pin 3 is
Green and Pin 4 is Blue. Those purchased prior to then will have Blue on Pin 3
and Green on Pin 4.
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Nice and bright
about 3 years ago by Member #566720 verified purchaser
Very nice and bright led
Has limitations
about 5 months ago by Member #815726 verified purchaser
In the ones I got, there is a significant misalignment among the three colors, i.e. each color beam points in a
different direction. If you just want to use each color one at a time, say as an indicator, no problem. But if you
want to provide a nice blended color like yellow, they aren’t very good. If you use them as an indicator, where
you are looking at the LED, you see the three colors clearly and this is even worse off axis. For example if you
mix red and green, rather than seeing yellow, from some angles you see mostly green, and from others mostly
red. This is true even if you add a lot of diffusion. If you use them as an illuminator, where the LED shines on
something else, there are three very distinct color circles rather than a blended color.
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