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Diffused 'Piranha' Super-flux RGB (tri-color) LED (10 pack)
Diffused 5mm tri-colour LEDs with separate red, green, and blue chips inside a square "Piranha" (super-flux) package. With a 90° viewing angle and up to 3000...
Diffused 5mm tri-colour LEDs with separate red, green, and blue chips inside a square "Piranha" (super-flux) package. With a 90° viewing angle and up to 3000mcd combined brightness, these LEDs are great for colour mixing, indicators, and illumination projects. They plug into a breadboard diagonally.
These are common-anode (CA) type — connect the anode pin to your supply voltage and drive the red, green, and blue cathodes to ground through current-limiting resistors. CA LEDs are compatible with multi-LED driver chips such as the TLC5940/TLC5941.
Key Features
- Tri-Colour RGB – Separate red, green, and blue chips in one package
- Common Anode – Compatible with TLC5940/TLC5941 LED drivers
- Diffused Lens – Smooth colour blending with 90° viewing angle
- Piranha Package – 7.6mm square, fits breadboards diagonally
- Pack of 10
Specifications
- Package: 7.6 × 7.6mm square (super-flux/Piranha)
- Type: Common Anode
- Red: 620nm, 1.8–2.2V forward voltage, 800mcd @ 20mA
- Green: 517nm, 3.0–3.3V forward voltage, 1500mcd @ 20mA
- Blue: 460nm, 3.0–3.3V forward voltage, 700mcd @ 20mA
- Total Brightness: 3000mcd
- Viewing Angle: 90°
Ideal For
- RGB colour mixing and mood lighting
- Status indicators and illumination
- Breadboard prototyping with LED drivers
- Interactive light displays
Package Contents
- 10× Diffused Piranha RGB LEDs (common anode)
Resources
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- common-anode
- A wiring style for multi-colour LEDs where the positive side is shared and each colour channel is controlled on the negative side. This matters because common-anode and common-cathode LED strips are not interchangeable without a suitable driver.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode is a small electronic component that lights up when current flows through it in the correct direction. In this kit, LEDs create the flashing effect, so polarity and correct soldering matter for the project to work.
- LED driver
- An LED driver is a control chip or circuit that supplies and switches power to LEDs. For a display board, it reduces the number of microcontroller pins needed and handles tasks like lighting the right segments and adjusting brightness.
- RGB
- Short for red, green and blue, usually referring to an LED that can mix those three colours. It matters because controlling an RGB LED teaches how separate outputs combine to create different colours.
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