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.

LED Resistor Calculator Tool

Macro reference

LEDOff

	LEDOff
Switches off the LED
- VOID	Return

LEDOneOn

	LEDOneOn
Switches on LED one, other LEDs switched off.
- VOID	Return

LEDSetState

	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	State
Range 0-7 0=All Off, 7 = All On
- VOID	Return

LEDThreeOn

	LEDThreeOn
Switches on LED three, other LEDs switched off.
- VOID	Return

LEDTwoOn

	LEDTwoOn
Switches on LED two, other LEDs switched off.
- VOID	Return

Property reference

	Properties
	Connections
	Pin
LED Pin 1
	Pin2
LED Pin 2
	Pin3
LED Pin 3
	Polarity
	Simulation
	Color
The color of the LED when pin1 is turned on and pin2 is turned off.
	Color2
The color of the LED when pin1 is turned off and pin2 is turned on.
	Color3
The color of the LED when pin1 is turned off and pin2 is turned on.
	Trim Leads
Trim the length of the two leads. Length cannot be less than 3.0, or greater than the length as supplied.
	Label
	Color
Color of the labels text.
	Scale
Sets the basic size (text height) of the labels.
	Follow Zoom
Whether labels get bigger and smaller when the panel is zoomed in and out.