Dan Merkel <danmerkel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> For those of us who are complete novices at LEDs & electronics in
general,
> can you provide some information as to how one would wire a circuit to
use
> them? I seem to remember that LEDs have a polarity to them (which is
> which), how about resistors? This looks interesting but I'm at a total
loss
> when it comes to even simple things mentioned in the previous two posts.
I can never remember which lead is + or -. I connect the LED to a 1.5V
source. If it lights, I have it right. If it doesn't I reverse the
leads. If it doesn't light then, it's no good.
Connecting the LED to a low voltage source like that won't harm it if it's
backwards. It's a diode, after all.
--
Bill Kaiser
wkaiser@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
are three ways to do a job: good, cheap, and quick.
You can have any two.
A good, cheap job won't be quick.
A good, quick job won't be cheap.
A cheap, quick job won't be good.
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