I think I need an LED...

Confused on whether an LED indicator is needed...

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Kumar, Abhishek wrote 09/22/2015 at 14:08

A very low current (< 1mA consuming) SMT LED could be used by putting in a large series resistor so that it barely glows to indicate power but I won't be in for LEDs glowing brightly (>5mA or so) because they would consume a significant amount of the power being boosted.

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Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote 09/22/2015 at 14:44

snapVCC does have an LED with a 1K resistor in series. A barely glowing LED may not be very useful. But I do need to find a solution - an indicator which doesn't draw much current...

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Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote 09/22/2015 at 16:53

Found a candidate:

http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/SML-P11UTT86/511-1653-1-ND/2036463

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Domingo wrote 09/23/2015 at 15:24

You can also try http://www.vishay.com/leds/low-current/

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Mahesh Venkitachalam wrote 09/23/2015 at 16:57

Thanks!

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