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This handy electronics guide explains useful LED basics and the little complexities that are easy to miss when you are first learning. LEDs are often one of ...
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This handy electronics guide explains useful LED basics and the little complexities that are easy to miss when you are first learning. LEDs are often one of the first components makers use, but there is more going on than simply lighting or blinking one.
It is aimed at helping beginners build a better understanding of LEDs early on, covering practical facts and lessons the author wished they had learnt sooner.
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- Written by: Lee Wilkins
A useful learning resource for students, educators and makers getting started with LEDs and basic electronics.
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode (LED) is a small electronic component that emits light when current flows through it in the correct direction. Because it only conducts one way, its polarity matters, and a through-hole LED must be soldered the correct way around to light up.
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