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		amluto on Dec 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Headlight Brightness Wars The term you’re looking for is “constant current driver”, not “linear regulator”.

Zak on Dec 18, 2024 [–]

There are two ways to implement a constant current LED driver; a linear regulator is one of them. The other is a switched-mode power supply. A linear regulator is the cheaper of the two.

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