5/16/26
Worst case scenario: A 48" round trip for 28ga wires to check SMD LED in position:
28 ga wire is 64.9Ω/1000 ft @ ambient, which comes to 64.9mΩ per ft. Total resistance for 48" is 259.6 mΩ
At 20mA, we are at 5.19mV of voltage drop across the wire, this amounts to a 173uA error at max current (this is 0.8% error)
At 1 mA, the drop is 260uV which is 8.6uA
At this time, the error introduced by 4 ft of 28ga wire (worst case) is within the margin of error and not significant to justify kelvin connection.
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