My first LED project :D

[mike_302]

Ha! I only understand resitor, solar panel, and where the LED is in that... Otherwise, nothing.

 

[audioguru]

Ha! I only understand resitor, solar panel, and where the LED is in that... Otherwise, nothing.

Do you want to learn anout transistors and how they work?
Or just make a circuit that might work or might not work?

If a circuit doesn't work don't you want to know how to fix it?
If a circuit works poorly don't you want to know how to improve it?

 

[signal]

Ha! I only understand resitor, solar panel, and where the LED is in that... Otherwise, nothing.

Hey there. I'm just getting started as well and, like you, I started with a solar powered LED device. In my case I was attempting to build one of these Sun Jars without just cramming a solar garden light into a different container. I studied a few circuits and settled on something like the one found here but I also did some research into the different components and learned how to read circuit diagrams and figure out how everything works together.

One site that helps a lot was the electronics section of Technology Student, there you can learn what each symbol in a circuit diagram is and what the components do. Also, a good and inexpensive book is Getting Started in Electronics by Forest Mims.

If you want to learn more about solar cells while making cool stuff check out BEAM robotics, **broken link removed** is a nice start.

 

[mike_302]

thanks! I'll check out that site. Maybe it'll help me understand that diagram. If I have any other questions, Ill post... Thakns for all your help!