I purchased an UXCel 1" 7 segment display on Amazon. They're from China apparently. 5 parts for the price of 1 similar part on Digikey. Never have made a purchase like this before. However, there was no datasheet. Is there anyway of making measurement that will allow me to calculate Vf and I?

 

Hello,

Are they like these?
http://www.amazon.com/uxcell®-Commo..._UL160_SR160,160_&refRID=030P8QXQ9RPGZC7B2CHH

Bertus

 

Yes, exactly. Are you psychic?

 

You can using 2V/20mA to test it, if the brightness is enough then just use that value, otherwise you can increasing the current a little more to test.

And this kind of 7-segs led, when you do the testing, you need to using some plastic(or glass) color paper to cover it.

 

Thanks for the process. One question: the 1" displays on Digikey (LDS-CA14RI) that look similar (horizontal versus vertical pin layout) look like their Vf is 4V. Am I reading the datasheet wrong?

 

The Vf is 4V, because they used two Leds to be one segment, but the dp(dot point) still used one led, so it still 2V, you can using 20mA to try it.

 

D'oh! I knew that, but forgot. Thanks for your explanation.

 

Hello,

Perhaps this page with similar leds might help:
http://www.display-leds.com/1''-single-digit-numeric-Display-with-1-LED-per-segment-p78953927.html
or this one:
http://www.display-leds.com/1.00-inch-7-segment-LED-Display-p17053927.html

Bertus

 

Bertus showing that just using one led for one segment.

 

Hello,

To determine if there is one or two leds in a segment use a 5 volts powersupply and a resistor of say 220 Ohms and measure the voltage accross the segment.
This would be safe for 1 led in a segment as the current will be (5-2)/220 ≈ 14 mA.
For 2 leds in a segment the current will be about 4.5 mA, wich will still give a visible segment.

Bertus