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Gawd
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Got a question from my brother (quoted verbatim):
Do you guys know where I could buy a 2.4V Blue (preferrably) or White LED? I need it to run off of two AAs in an MX700.
I *really* need to add an LED inside at a particular spot as part of a mod, and it would be easy to syphon off power from the AAs since the wires that pipe power to the mouse are bare. The closest Blue LED I found so far was 3V.
I know there are experts/experienced modders here, so help me out here
(P.S. Second question: Could someone elaborate on forward/reverse LED voltages? I saw an LED for sale that claimed a forward DC Voltage of 3.3V, a reverse of 5V, and said that it could be used "with a 12V power supply." How does *that* work out? Wouldn't you need to add some resistors to increase the forward or reverse voltage?)
Do you guys know where I could buy a 2.4V Blue (preferrably) or White LED? I need it to run off of two AAs in an MX700.
I *really* need to add an LED inside at a particular spot as part of a mod, and it would be easy to syphon off power from the AAs since the wires that pipe power to the mouse are bare. The closest Blue LED I found so far was 3V.
I know there are experts/experienced modders here, so help me out here
(P.S. Second question: Could someone elaborate on forward/reverse LED voltages? I saw an LED for sale that claimed a forward DC Voltage of 3.3V, a reverse of 5V, and said that it could be used "with a 12V power supply." How does *that* work out? Wouldn't you need to add some resistors to increase the forward or reverse voltage?)