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Care and Feeding of LEDs
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LEDs are current driven devices
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If you don’t limit current they will burn
themselves up
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A current limiting resistor keeps the
current down even as the voltage
increases
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See TrainElectronics.com articles on LEDs
for details!
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Show engine demo with Cree LED in front – need batteries for this, too
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Individual Cree LEDs, too