LED, red

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor component that emits light and has the electrical characteristics of a diode. If an electric current is flowing through the diode in forward direction, it emits light with a wavelength that depends on the semiconductor material and doping.

To make the use of the LED as a simple signal indicator easier, FluidSIM allows setting the color independent of the physical characteristics.

Since version 5.6c the maximum power P_max can be specified. If this value is exceeded during simulation, the diode burns out. For reasons of compatibility with older circuit diagrams, the default value is unrealistically high.