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i am using the raspberrypi to have 2 led's fade up and off. My script works and its ready to go.

But i need to get my LED's brighter. Is there a way to extend the GPIO Current of the rasperry pi ?

Can i use something like that to realize it? http://www.exp-tech.de/shields-module/raspberry-pi/pololu-drv8835-dual-motor-driver-kit-for-raspberry-pi-b http://www.exp-tech.de/adafruit-12-channel-16-bit-pwm-led-driver-spi-interface-tlc59711

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    You may just need to resize (/correctly size) your resistor.
    – Tyson
    Commented Feb 16, 2015 at 1:11
  • Please share the details of your connection setup.
    – Bex
    Commented Feb 18, 2015 at 9:22

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You don't need anything fancy.

You could just use a ULN2003A to supply power to the LEDs and apply PWM to its inputs to control the brightness.

The maximum brightness should be set with an appropriate value for the LED current limiting resistor.

This video shows the Pi generating PWM to control the brightness of LEDs connected to a ULN2003A. The persistence effect is generated by varying the PWM level.

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