SparkFun
LED - RGB Diffused Common Cathode
Ever hear of a thing called RGB? Red, Green, Blue? How about an RGB LED? These 5mm units have four pins - Cathode is the longest pin. One for each color and ...
Get notified when back in stock
Ever hear of a thing called RGB? Red, Green, Blue? How about an RGB LED? These 5mm units have four pins - Cathode is the longest pin. One for each color and a common cathode. Use this one LED for three status indicators or pulse width modulate all three and get mixed colors!
These LEDs are diffused; so they’ll appear dimmer, but have a wider viewing angle.
Features:
- Forward Voltage (RGB): (2.0, 3.2, 3.2)V
- Max Forward Current (RGB): (20, 20, 20)mA
- Max Luminosity (RGB): (2800, 6500, 1200)mcd
Documents:
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode (LED) is a small electronic component that emits light when current flows through it in the correct direction. Because it only conducts one way, its polarity matters, and a through-hole LED must be soldered the correct way around to light up.
- RGB
- Short for red, green and blue, the three primary colours of light that are mixed in varying amounts to make a wide range of colours. In electronics RGB can refer to an LED or pixel that blends these three colours, or to a colour signal or interface that carries separate red, green and blue channels.
Find this product in
Brands
YSL-R596CR4G3B5W-F12 RGB LED Datasheet
Datasheet · 479.8 KB · Click any page to view full size
Supplier page — sparkfun.com
Supplier Description · 367.6 KB · Click any page to view full size
Project Guides
Step-by-step builds that use this part
Related Tutorials
Free guides on learn.littlebird.com.au
