Usb Led

by fantazzidoodle in Circuits > USB

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Usb Led

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 i was messing with some leds the other day when i found that it would be brilliant to not worry about wasting the batteries using a led so i made this

Things You Will Need

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 scissoirs
pliers
soldering iron
knife
solder
e-tape

820 ohm resistor(grey,red,brown)
LED
usb lead(male)

Cut Em Short

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 cut the led and resistor legs short. make sure you know which is positive and negative on the led!

Solder

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 solder the resistor to the positive leg of the led.

Kill the Usbted

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 cut and slice and get frustrated with the usb until it comes open then strip the black and red wires and cut the others off.

Solder 2f the Led

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 solder the resistor to the red and the negative of the led to the black.

Wrappin'

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wrap the whole thing in tape apart from part of the usb and the led

All Done

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 plug in and bing! zap! pretty light