Hello,
I have a bench project slowly gathering all the materials to start the build and I would like some wiring advice for some LED's. I have some (little) electronics experience but know the basics of circuit symbols and some other stuff but feel free to talk to me like I'm a novice.
The project is that I have an Arduino and need to power some LED's. but I don't know what voltage requirements, amp requirements, resistance requirements and configuration of the circuit or how beefy the external power sources may be. The Arduino will have this shield: https://www.adafruit.com/products/1411 on top and I plan to use: http://www.expressmodels.co.uk/acatalog/Micro_LEDs_on_Leads.html I will be using 9 red and 7 warm white but I understand I will need a resistor or two in there, again I don't know what one.
The second half of the project is to power with the same Arduino: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1260. this is a little more complex than the standard two pin LED so IDK where to start. The Arduino will have 6 servos off 6 of the channels and may have the possibility of hijacking the shield but I may be talking out of my butt. I will also need to control the brightness of the RGB LED's so I think that may have to use a PWM pin (what ever that is) All I have is the shield and RGB LED's, the Arduino and the servos.
Thanks in advance, Gig
I have a bench project slowly gathering all the materials to start the build and I would like some wiring advice for some LED's. I have some (little) electronics experience but know the basics of circuit symbols and some other stuff but feel free to talk to me like I'm a novice.
The project is that I have an Arduino and need to power some LED's. but I don't know what voltage requirements, amp requirements, resistance requirements and configuration of the circuit or how beefy the external power sources may be. The Arduino will have this shield: https://www.adafruit.com/products/1411 on top and I plan to use: http://www.expressmodels.co.uk/acatalog/Micro_LEDs_on_Leads.html I will be using 9 red and 7 warm white but I understand I will need a resistor or two in there, again I don't know what one.
The second half of the project is to power with the same Arduino: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1260. this is a little more complex than the standard two pin LED so IDK where to start. The Arduino will have 6 servos off 6 of the channels and may have the possibility of hijacking the shield but I may be talking out of my butt. I will also need to control the brightness of the RGB LED's so I think that may have to use a PWM pin (what ever that is) All I have is the shield and RGB LED's, the Arduino and the servos.
Thanks in advance, Gig