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Capacitors
A capacitor is almost like a small battery, it can be charged
using a power supply. Mostly used to stabilise or to filter out
unwanted voltages. The unit is Farad: practical values are
in µF, nF or pF. The supplied capacitor is an Electrolytic
capacitor of 10µF and has a polarity, the long lead = +
(Velleman part# 10J0E)
C...
C...
Green
& red LED
A LED is a
L
ight
E
mitting
D
iode, it
can emit light using a small current
(max 20mA with a 1.8V drop).
Watch the polarity, long lead = +
!
(Velleman part# L
-
7104LGD & L
-
7104LID)
Flat side, shortest lead = (
-
)
NG
OK
How to bend the leads: