GBA led

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malakesher
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GBA led

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On the gameboy advance the led changes colour when the battery is running low.

Can someone please explain to me how this is done thank you
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It's probably just a bicolor LED.

Most bicolor LEDs have three pins, with ground in the middle, and a different positive for each color.
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jleemero wrote:It's probably just a bicolor LED.
That is what i thought but wasnt sure on how you would get it to change the positive when the battery is running low

and thank you for the reply
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malakesher wrote:
jleemero wrote:It's probably just a bicolor LED.
That is what i thought but wasnt sure on how you would get it to change the positive when the battery is running low

and thank you for the reply
There's a guide on here somewhere for a power LED that can do that.
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nevermind1534 wrote: There's a guide on here somewhere for a power LED that can do that.
I have been searching and will continue to but i have had no luck

can you remember who it was or what it was called or anything to help me find it
thanks for your help
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Nope, not a bi color LED. Just two SMT LEDs really close to each other.
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palmertech wrote:Nope, not a bi color LED. Just two SMT LEDs really close to each other.
Thank you

so if i wanted to could i connect one positive of a bicolor led to the positive of one of the leds and the other positive to the positive of the other led and have a bicolor led working and changing green and red with the power leds?

thanks again
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That should work. :mrgreen:
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Thankyou very much :D
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malakesher wrote:can you remember who it was or what it was called or anything to help me find it
thanks for your help
I'm pretty sure that it was mario who made the guide.
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