LED Basics LED Basics Dick Hintze
Aug 08, 2015
Light Emitting DiodesLight Emitting DiodesLight Emitting Diodes
(LEDs) are plastic capsules containing a specific chemical compound on a microscopic wafer that emits light when subjected to an electrical current.
Light Emitting Diodes (cont.)Light Emitting Diodes (cont.) Individual LEDs are available in many grades of
quality and shades of color. When red, green and blue LEDs are clustered
together and shine at their full brightness, the combined light emission appears white to the human eye. Varying the intensity of the three colors creates all the other shades.
Amber LEDs are used for monochrome displays.
PixelPixel
A single cluster of LEDs is used as a pixel.A pixel is a picture element; the smallest
individual unit or piece of a video display image. A pixel is an individual dot in a video display.
Each pixel has its own color and brightness attributes.
PitchPitch A display’s pitch is its measurement of distance from the
center of one pixel to the center of another pixel. The pitch determines the viewing distance. The smaller the
pitch, the shorter the viewing distance.
Pitch
Pitch
The angle off center at which the display output drops to half brightness. Expressed in degrees horizontal and vertical.◦ Ex: Horizontal 140° (±70°), and
vertical 60º (±30°).
Color TemperatureColor Temperature Measured in degrees
Kelvin, color temperature is an indication of the amount of “warmth” (yellow, red tones) or “coolness” (blue tones) in a white light.
Standard video color temperature is 6500ºK.
Barco’s color temperature is adjustable.