Component: LED MultiColour Tri (5mm, PCB) (LED)
| Author | Matrix Ltd |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Category | LED |
LED MultiColour Tri (5mm, PCB) component
An industry standard 5mm diameter tri-colour LED. Any color may be chosen, and the leads trimmed to length.
Component Source Code
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Detailed description
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Examples
Tricolour LEDs generally have four pins and come in both common anode and common cathode configurations and must be wired to suit. The tricolour LED component should have a property allowing you to configure which LED type your using.
An active high LED will light when the microcontroller pin is outputting a logic 1 and be off when the microcontroller pin is outputting a logic 0 or in input mode.
An active low LED will light when the microcontroller pin is outputting a logic 0 and be off when the microcontroller pin is outputting a logic 1 or in input mode.
Six pin tricolour LEDs can simply be treated as three individual standards LEDs.
The series resistor acts to protect each individual LED from damage due to excess current. The value of resistor used can be changed based on the brightness of the LED and power consumption. Usually the three colour LEDs have different characteristics from each other so a different protection resistor should be provided for each LED to balance the LEDs output.
This LED Calculator tool is a good resource for calculating the correct LED series protection resistor.
Macro reference
LEDOff
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LEDOff |
| Switches off the LED | |
 - VOID
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Return |
LEDThreeOn
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LEDThreeOn |
| Switches on LED three, other LEDs switched off. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
LEDSetState
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LEDSetState |
| Controls the state of the LED. 0=Off / 1=LED Colour 1 / 2=LED Colour 2 / 3=LED Colour 1 + 2 4=LED Colour 3 / 5=LED Colour 1 + 3 / 6=LED Colour 2 + 3 7=LED Colour 1 + 2 + 3 | |
 - BYTE
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State |
| Range 0-7 0=All Off, 7 = All On | |
| - VOID
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Return |
LEDOneOn
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LEDOneOn |
| Switches on LED one, other LEDs switched off. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
LEDTwoOn
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LEDTwoOn |
| Switches on LED two, other LEDs switched off. | |
| - VOID
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Return |
Property reference
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Properties |
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Connections |
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Pin |
| LED Pin 1 | |
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Pin2 |
| LED Pin 2 | |
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Pin3 |
| LED Pin 3 | |
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Polarity |
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Simulation |
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Color |
| The color of the LED when pin1 is turned on and pin2 is turned off. | |
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Color2 |
| The color of the LED when pin1 is turned off and pin2 is turned on. | |
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Color3 |
| The color of the LED when pin1 is turned off and pin2 is turned on. | |
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Trim Leads |
| Trim the length of the two leads. Length cannot be less than 3.0, or greater than the length as supplied. | |
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Label |
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Color |
| Color of the labels text. | |
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Scale |
| Sets the basic size (text height) of the labels. | |
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Follow Zoom |
| Whether labels get bigger and smaller when the panel is zoomed in and out. | |