Of course the current matters. It's all Ohms law. But to say that the resistor is there to limit current is simply not right. You alter the brightness of an led by changing the voltage over the resistor not the current through it.
E.g. A standard red led with a voltage drop of 3v and that draws 20mA. You wish to hook this up to a 5v source. Then the aim is to lower the voltage from 5 to 3 volts. (5-3) / 0.02 = 100. 100 Ohms should be the lowest resistor value to use.

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36 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 20, 2010 9:12 pm

Re: What's wrong with 8bitcollective (47 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Why is it not allowed to talk about other forums at chipmusic.org?

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37 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 20, 2010 9:10 pm

Re: Wrong resistors with Nonfinite RGB backlight? (7 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

TraceKaiser wrote:

Standard LED protection resistor is 470 ohms, iirc, so really you shouldn't have any less.

Depends on the voltage and the LEDs voltage drop. You place a resistor in series with the led to bring the voltage down. if you have the correct voltage for an led to begin with, You wouldn't need a resistor at all.

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38 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 20, 2010 6:35 pm

Re: Dyeing my DMG? (26 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

So there's no way to color those at all?

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39 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 20, 2010 6:24 pm

Re: Dyeing my DMG? (26 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Is it possible to dye the rubber Start/Select buttons with that RIT?

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40 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 19, 2010 4:25 pm

Re: Suggestions on a noise gate (15 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

The KILL command has always been my favorite.

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41 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 19, 2010 1:19 pm

Re: Suggestions on a noise gate (15 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

My conclusion is that the noise character of say a dmg, spreads too evenly across the frequency band for an "intelligent" noise reducer to be of any interest. Shaving off noise from the silent parts does however reduce the perception of a noisy signal.

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42 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 17, 2010 8:53 pm

Re: Suggestions on a noise gate (15 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

Anyone have schematics for a simple, decent DIY gate?
I'm looking to build a compact 4 channel one.

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43 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 16, 2010 4:13 pm

Re: facundo - Sex Beard (24 replies, posted in Releases)

Perfect for my long, coffee drinking weekend mornings. Loved it!

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44 Reply by tRasH cAn maN Oct 14, 2010 7:30 am

Re: LSDJ Battery Problem (8 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Dead battery for sure. If you can't find those batteries with soldering tags in a shop, you can order them from here: http://www.consolegoods.co.uk/ .

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