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Newbie LED question


Pedro de-Oliveira
 

Hi all

I am a newbie to the art of electronics so please be gentle with me :-)

I am trying to run 16 LED's from a single 12v power source. The LED specs are as follows:

Parameter Value Units
DC Forward Current[1] 30 mA
Peak Forward Current 100 mA
Average Forward Current 30 mA
Power Dissipation 120 mW
Reverse Voltage (IR = 100 mA) 5 V
LED Junction Temperature 100 ?C
Operating Temperature Range ?40 to +80 ?C
Storage Temperature Range ?40 to +100 ?C

What I would like to know is what would be the best way to hook these things up and what value resistors I would need to do it.

Cheers
Pedro



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