— APIS FUZZ (2021-06-30)
OPTIONAL: REPLACING THE LED
The red low-current LED (D2) is part of the optical true bypass.
Replacing it for one with a different brightness or colour might require adjusting the
value of the current-limiting resistor R1 (CLR).
The TLP222G photofet (U1) has a maximum trigger LED current of I
FT
= 3 mA and a
maximum forward voltage of V
f
= 1.3 V. Any replacement LED thus must be driven by at
least 3 mA.
DETERMINING THE NEW R
CLR
Measure the forward voltage V
LED
of the replacement LED with a multimeter and
calculate the voltage that needs to be dropped by the CLR:
V
CLR
= 9 V - 1.3 V - V
LED
Assuming the replacement LED and photofet should be driven with I = 5 mA, the new
resistance value R
CLR
is computed as:
R
CLR
= V
CLR
/ 0.005 A
For example, with I
F
= 5 mA and V
LED
= 1.8 V, the current-limiting resistor needs to be at
about R
CLR
= 1180
Ω
. I
F(max)
for both LEDs (50 mA for the TLP222G) must not be
exceeded.
REMOVING THE LED
Removing the LED from the build entirely requires soldering a solid wire in its place. The
value of R
CLR
should be changed to at most 2.4 k
Ω
— to account for power supplies
down to 8.5 V and keep I
F
at about 3 mA.
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