Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Contributors:
Nick Poole, 
bboyho
Nick Poole, bboyho Resources and Going Further
You've made it! You know, like, almost everything... about LEDs. Now go forth and put LEDs on whatever you please! And now... a dramatic reenactment of an LED without a current limiting resistor being over powered and burning itself out:
Yeah... it's not spectacular.
If you'd like to learn more about some LED related topics, visit these other tutorials:
Light
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IR Communication
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Das Blinken Top Hat
A top hat decked out with LED strips makes for a heck of a wedding gift.
How LEDs are Made
We take a tour of a LED manufacturer and learn how PTH 5mm LEDs are made for SparkFun.
Touch Potentiometer Hookup Guide
Learn how to use the SparkFun Touch Potentiometer to control lighting, volume or other inputs in your daily life.
Light Up Silk Flower Corsage
Combine a silk flower with a built-in RGB LED and some LilyPad Switches to create a customizable accessory.
FemtoBuck Constant Current LED Driver Hookup Guide v13
The FemtoBuck board is a high-efficiency, single-channel constant-current LED driver.
Beginner Parts Kit Identification Guide
The essential parts for beginning (or even experienced) hobbyists that gives you all of the basic through-hole components you will need to get started playing with embedded projects. We'll identify a few parts in the kit and provide a few basic circuits to get started!
Interested in learning more about LEDs?
See our LED page for everything you need to know to start using these components in your project.
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