High current White LED requires constant current for giving maximum brightness. Connecting 1 Watt LED to the DC source using a current limiting resistor gives poor performance and the LED will be either too bright or too dim. More over, the low value resistor (10 Ohm or less) will heat up since the LED consumes around 200 to 350 milli ampere current . So here is a simple LED driver chip AMC 7135 that gives constant current (CC) to LED to give maximum brightness. It also increases the life of LED. It is too simple and enjoy the project.
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