Okay i realized i had these cool tiny leds but they never worked. Am i going crazy or does this :LED have the pins reversed in datasheet?
the 2 images on top half show the actual LED under a microscope... the image on bottom is from their datasheet.
Going to send a test PCB to get made from OSHPark. It will allow me to test every pin and include resistors. This will allow me to determine which pin is which and use a microscope easily.
Is me holding it with a TWEEZER. Never letting go and rotating my hand to take a front and back shot. Hence all pins flipped horizontally. I would have to have flipped it vertically and horizontally to get it wrong i think. Check out the image above, I tested it and labeled them . Even made a small datasheet
Ok after all of that i figured a simple reason why this was bad. I dont know if its only my parts but R is labeled PIN 1 on my parts. The actual WHITE marker is wrong. If you rotate it all the pins line up. So my parts must be marked wrong.
Sucks cause these are NOT FAKES> from MOUSER ... directly. so... idk
I'm new to both this forum and electronics and one thing I've noticed about some data sheets is they are like engeneering blueprints sometimes the part is oriented on paper in such a way that your looking through it like it's transparent
I'm new to both this forum and electronics and one thing I've noticed about some data sheets is they are like engeneering blueprints sometimes the part is oriented on paper in such a way that your looking through it like it's transparent
Yeah that's true. But the datasheet shows an image of the led on a pad with common anode on the right top side meaning the next image must be flipped since it's on top left.
They clearly mark the package pin 1 .. as common anode.. but same exact pin which is the marked one on my package is RED cathode.. so not a mixup by me.. but who ever made em.
It's ok tho. I stopped using them and decided on a new RGB led.