since the Hardware/Technical chat had this description:

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Hardware/Technical discussions that do not belong in any forum above. (memorycards , controllers , harddrive , dvd-drive, ...)

i thought maybe i can post it here. well, here goes..

I noticed that there are ALOT of good->expert electrical people (don't know the proper terminology for that) so I'm wondering how and if possible, in wiring up a few LEDs for a lil project i'm working on (once again, not xbox related)

say, I cut out my name LayLoMo128 from acrylic. I want to have LEDs shining on it.

LayLoMo128
|---|---|----|

each | is representing the LED.

wanted to know if it's difficult to connect to the house AC to power the LEDs. if that's not a good idea, how about batteries? I just want to be able to flip a switch and the lights come on.

well, anyhelp appreciated, and if can please describe it in newbie term. I'm not all that great in electricity and what not. I guess I have to be spoon fed the information.

thanks a bunch

EDIT: oh yea, just incase I MIGHT get flamed (hopefully not), I tried the search button, it's offline.

LED's are DC, NOT AC,

use a AD-DC wall adaptor thingy to give you a DC voltage up to 12V, then read the pinned topic on Choosing resistors for LED's in the hardware mods forum

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?act...ST&f=24&t=61484


LED's have a + and a - side

you can connect all the + together and all the - together and give them a voltage through a resistor

OR you can connect + to - to + to - to + to - (series) and give them a higher voltage

have a look on google for LED BASICS or something like that to learn up on some LED fundementals,

particularly forward voltage........

the pinned topic will cover the rest