" Al or CU has nothing to do with why a 50 amp connection would have issues,"

Electrical conductivity has plenty to do with it.

I don't trust AL wire because aluminum forms a highly resistive oxidative layer, which is why AL wire MUST be thicker to safely handle the same amperage of a thinner copper wire.

"Heck, at least in Canada, you can still legally build a brand new house with knob and tube wiring, so long as you terminate it correctly."

It's still allowed in certain agricultural uses in the USA, but not for houses.

Your failure of logic is astounding. No wonder you won't identify yourself while making such stupid and thoughtless remarks - you know I'll embarrass you if you're someone I know.

"Why would you call that "a driver that will power all ten LEDs"?"

The voltage and current are of the proper levels to power all of the LEDs, any experienced person would think that because that is what implied. All LEDs test 100% working on individual. But only two or three light up (depends on blue or red. Red tends to light three, blue only two.)

" "In-line" would seem to be implying "in-series" "

Along the same power rail. Either in series or parallel it doesn't matter.

"CCD or the LED would "draw" from the power source"

~6V for CCD, roughly 3.3V for CMOS sensor, and between 2.4-4V depending on LED color. All of those built-in webcams are USB, which provides 5V, and of CMOS design almost 100% of the time. That means you're not powering sensor + LED in series from USB, as the lowest combination possible still exceeds the maximum voltage of the power supply. Trying to run two different voltage devices off the same power line in parallel is not smart. You're going to burn one or the other, or one or the other will underperform, or just not perform at all.

YOU MUST RUN SEPARATE POWER LINES AND CONTROL WITH FIRMWARE.

I would seriously consider going back to whomever taught you your EE and demand a refund. Basic math alone is all that's necessary for this exercise, not even a full understanding of electricity.

"Honestly, Khyber, I expected a little more humility out of you after you were apparently completely mindfucked by the simple concept of putting an LED + current-limiting resistor in parallel with the camera sensor's voltage supply"

By whom? Nobody has yet to refute and I've kept posting video evidence to the contrary to your own claim being made now. Try again, moron.

Product design experience for over half a decade, prototype development for over a decade and a half.

"So getting a 60A wire and running 20A over it would be safer than getting an appropriately sized wire."

Yea, you go ahead and find me wall outlets that accept 4 gauge wiring. I'll be here, don't worry, I have time.

Didn't watch my video, did you?

That resistor isn't going to do jack shit for the distorted power signal.

And you wouldn't use a resistor, you'd ideally use a Zener diode to match voltage requirements in the case of an over-volted power line, by creating a voltage drop to bring the resulting voltage afterwards closer to the level of the other component.

"In the most simple model of circuit behaviour, electrical components wired in parallel are independent of each other"

Do I need to get to my parallel LED board, with a driver that will power all ten LEDs (in parallel) and show you that only two or three will light up? You don't get much more simple than that, sir.

" Certainly the camera package designers are competent enough to have the LED put in the circuit along with the appropriate resistance (and impedance and capacitance for that matter) so that it would not unduly impact the CCD sensor."

Having repaired tons of laptops both professionally and personally, and replaced the webcams in many (and fix the broken ones) I can tell you for certain that almost no manufacturer is willing to spend that expense when it's simpler to just have two separate circuits controlled by firmware. That's from experience repairing the board components directly, by the way. (Like I said, I refurbish the cameras myself. That's how I now have a sweet multi-cam rig for my guitar.)

Would you like to continue to argue with a person that does this daily? I can bring out many more examples of why you don't use an LED in-line with anything sensitive all day long, sir.

"Are you saying there doesn't exist a way using simple components to make a circuit that will divert a constant amount of current to a led as soon as the current going to the camera exceeds a certain set value?"

Ever hear of the path of least resistance?

If not, you should introduce yourself to the concept.

"It is just limited to systems above 50A draw."

If it's not safe for 20A house circuits (I know of many Aluminum Romex cables that have fried in-wall,) why in the world would it be considered safe for 50A or higher, unless the wire was incredibly thick?

"So your electric or induction stove. yea that is probably wired with aluminum."

Brand-new model. 100% copper wiring excepting the heating elements and brass connections for the wiring/plug, internal and external.

"The main supply lines for your home yep aluminum too."

Of such an incredibly heavy gauge for the relatively little amperage being fed to my place.

" You have a sub panel, that is most likely being feed with aluminum."

Brand-new panel, pure copper buses, including the Main. GE 150A panel, GE 40A sub.

" it wouldn't be hard to guess that the installer used aluminum even if the instructions say not to feed it with aluminum as I have seen that far to often"

That would not pass an inspection if it's labeled as such - which means it wasn't properly inspected in the first place and the person doing it was an idiot. I hope you aren't trusting these people. You know why we don't mix copper and aluminum? Risk of fire from high resistance junctions. NEC only allows anything like this for service entrance runs or short-distance subpanel connection, and only if two conditions are met:

A. Mechanical termination (No wire nuts, no soldering, no clips. It must be screwed in place.)
B. The panel bolts and lugs are rated for aluminum wire.

Some jurisdictions go even further and require anti-oxidation paste be applied to the lug and wire at the terminal.

We've got a Master Electrician that handles the repairs and changeouts on the chargers for our forklifts at work. You know what his rule is for using Aluminum? Use Copper Instead.

"The design could speed up embedded applications."

And it can introduce problems, such as making an expensive piece of electronics useless when the non-replaceable SIM fails or does not update properly.

to balance the interests of national security and intelligence gathering with privacy and 'protecting democracy, civil liberties, and the rule of law.'

Am I reading that right? The "rule of law" is getting "balanced" by something else? I didn't think LAW was negotiable? Maybe that's the problem here? Someone's trying to "strike a balance" between legal and national security?

Government policy shouldn't be trying to draw a line between security and legality. Legality is THE LINE that is not crossed over, ever. If you can't do it legally, that means you shouldn't BE doing it. The correct response is not to consider bending the laws.

"HERE IS THE RUB can he notate his music or even read a melody or chart off script"

All day, every day. He's a trained and taught professional musician.

BZZZZT WRONG

Most CCD sensors need 6V operating voltage. You'll burn an LED out providing roughly DOUBLE its voltage.

CMOS can run on a lower voltage, but running in parallel, you go with path of least resistance. The LED will be that pathway and your sensor will never get the power it needs.

How about taking some real electronics courses before talking nonsense?