left to right: 3mm Flat Top UV 5mm Pink White Quadrate 3mm Pink 1.8 mm Green    

  When working with multiple LEDs for the same project take a moment to determine how to indicate the polarity of the LED.     Before I begin a project I use paint, nail polish, beads, or bend the LEDs positive and negative leads into specific shapes.     This allows me to quickly and accurately add LEDs to the […]

I used a USB Microscope Camera from adafruit to capture this detail. Read more about light emitting diodes on wikipedia

Happy Forth of July!

Remember the first time you played with Light Emitting Diodes? Well today I have the privilege of sharing LEDs with Tasmeem! The wikipedia LED entry tells all. I would add a label for the P-N junction and note that typically the positive lead is the longer one.  

  Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are the new glitter.  

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Instructable Craft a flexible ribbon array for multiple LEDs