LED Current Mirror

Not possible, 1.5 amps divided into two strings will yield 750mA per string if perfectly balanced. Figure plus or minus a few percent, you won't get an exactly even split. If you LEDs are only rated for 700mA this is not a very good solution as one string will likely end up over driven if not both. Otherwise you only need 1.5 ohm resistors on the output leg per the diagrams, the various other resistors are kind of irrelevant unless your aiming for a dead on matched current which doesn't really matter for most applications.


My LED's are rated for 750mA nominal, so I think I should be okay, this is just a temp solution until other stuff comes.

Can I use the BD237 in place of the 139? It's rated for higher currents
 
My LED's are rated for 750mA nominal, so I think I should be okay, this is just a temp solution until other stuff comes.

Can I use the BD237 in place of the 139? It's rated for higher currents

It will work fine, just make sure to use non conductive thermal pad to isolate the metal pads on the bottom of these. The 139's are fully isolated where as I believe the 237 is not. Otherwise it should work the same.
 
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