RGB Question

KeithWalker

Joined Jul 10, 2017
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It looks as though it should work, but no two LEDs have exactly the same forward voltage/current characteristics so you may see a slight difference in their intensities, running them in parallel with a common series resistor.
 

Dodgydave

Joined Jun 22, 2012
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Don't put leds in parallel without their own series resistor, your leds are all wired together sharing the same resistance.

Ideally use a Constant current source per each led.
 
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Ian0

Joined Aug 7, 2020
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New to RGB LED's. Will this work? It is working on the simulator.
Probably.
But it would work better if you use 620Ω resistors instead of the 100Ω resistors, one per LED and join them all together at the rheostat wiper.
The other disadvantage is that even at the highest resistance on the rheostat the LEDs will be illuminated. The response of the eye to light is logarithmic, so very small currents are visible.
 
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