[ot] life of bright LED

[Tony Alfrey]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 08:22 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> Man-wai Chang wrote:
>>>> Read the specs that come with the part.  Depends on the current. 
>>> But how do you know the part number? There is no word on the LED... :)
>>>
>>>
>> Oh.  I thought you were building something from new parts.
>> If you want assurance that the part will last for some particular time, 
>> you could always replace it with some known part.  But remember that you 
>> will also need to be able to measure the operating current (and 
>> temperature can also be a big issue in high-power applications).
>>
>> What exactly are you trying to do?
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