Using LED's and Laser diodes | tecno4 | Scoop.it
There are a lot of instructables about using LED's in cool and interesting ways, but not often is discussed how you should use LED's on a electronical level.

Since laser diodes are effectively a LED (Light Emitting Diodes) this will work for those as well.

There are a few things you need to know that will stop you from blowing up LED's which can be a pain, especially on the more expensive high power ones.

I'm specifically not going into which LED types produce more light, etc. This is just about hooking up LEDs.