Basic LED Circuit

Basic LED Circuit Soldered with Hook Up Wire
Charged electrons flow from the power source along the negative trace (green) thru a resistor to the cathode.
Like excited lemmings they jump the P-N junction emitting light.
Finally, the spent electrons slide along the positive trace (red) to get charged up at the battery.

 

 

 

 

KEY

  • battery is black
  • negative trace is green
  • resistor is blue (conductive thread usually has enough resistance to eliminate a resistor from the sewn eTextile circuit)
  • diode is yellow
  • positive trace is red
  • black dots are connection points