Hi, I'm a student working on building a pulse oximeter, making use of a msp430 LaunchPad. I'm trying to implement a LED drive circuit right now, but it doesn't work as expected. I've attached the diagram, which is taken from the TI paper A Single Chip Pulse Oximeter Design Using MSP430. (Unable to link as I'm new here)
Connecting a 3V input to the emitter pins of the pnp transistors, I will not be able to get either LED on at all.
Removing the voltage at the emitter pins of pnp transistors, and connecting pin 5 of DAC to a voltage of above 3V causes the infra red LED to light up. Red L