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It's a different perspective, I've spent a significant amount of time working with LEDs in a context where the rise time is important, and the fact that LEDs ar
by hamiltonkibbe 11y ago
It's a different perspective, I've spent a significant amount of time working with LEDs in a context where the rise time is important, and the fact that LEDs are slow (in this context) provided a significant challenge.
I guess the phrase "LEDs are extremely fast" struck me the same way a pedestrian telling you "walking is the fastest way to get around" when you're stopped at a red light in a Lamborghini would
- mrob 11y ago"Extremely fast" doesn't have any absolute definition. We were talking about human visual perception, so "fast" in this context could reasonably mean "fast enough to have no visible smoothing". A typical LED is much faster than that, so in the context of fake candles I think "extremely fast" is fair. In the context of data transmission it would mean something else.
- hamiltonkibbe 11y agoYeah I understand it's entirely relative. I made that comment based on my immediate reaction. Compared to an incandescent bulb, LEDs are like the Lamborghini in my analogy