Timeline for Confusion around LEDs on a breadboard
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| Jun 20, 2014 at 15:38 | vote | accept | stats | ||
| Jun 20, 2014 at 11:36 | history | migrated | from electronics.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jun 20, 2014 at 9:33 | comment | added | Spoon | Of course we assume you know which way round you are connecting the LED's (Hint ... they are not light bulbs that don't care) | |
| Jun 20, 2014 at 5:17 | comment | added | sherrellbc | Read up on LEDs here. There is a lot to consider even for driving these simple devices. Namely, forward voltage and active-mode current are very important. Driving LEDs without a series (current limiting) resistor will surely end your experimentation sooner than later. Either you will burn out the LED or you will destroy one of your Arduino's output pins. | |
| Jun 20, 2014 at 1:24 | comment | added | James Cameron | Photograph of breadboard would also help. Value and placement of resistors. If you are not using resistors, I'm worried for the longevity of your LEDs and Arduino. | |
| Jun 20, 2014 at 1:24 | answer | added | microtherion | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 20, 2014 at 0:58 | comment | added | derstrom8 | How do you expect us to figure out the problem if you don't supply a schematic you're using and your code? | |
| Jun 20, 2014 at 0:57 | history | asked | stats | CC BY-SA 3.0 |