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Bicolor LED driver circuit

This bicolor led driver circuit allow driving a bicolor LED that changes color light depending on the supply voltage. When voltage control circuit input range from 0 V to +12 V LED lights green at first and then pass gradually through orange and yellow to red.
The supply voltage for this bicolor led driver circuit must not exceed 30 V when more than 12 V, the values of resistors R7 and R8 should be changed accordingly.

The two sections of the bicolor LED (red and green) are ordered separately: the green IC1a by R7 and R8 red one with IC1b through.
AO IC1b amplification is equal to 2, resulting in red LED lights starting from input voltage of about 0.5 V. This section illuminates to maximum brightness when Uin> Ub / 2.
IC1a AO is an inverting amplifier with gain equal to 2. Noninverting input is connected to a potential Ub / 2. When input voltage is less than Ub / 2's output is high level. When the input voltage rises above Ub / 2, Section green LED will light weaker, is completely extinguished when Uin = Ub.

Circuit Diagram: 
Bicolor LED driver circuit

Comments

Hello there, How could this circuit be modified so it can be used with a very small signal, let's say a signal from a guitar pedal?

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