Unit #5-04

Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• make an RGB LED light up

Review

• review a single LED

Lesson

• go over how an RGB LED works

  • 1 common ground

  • 3 legs, each one a color

    • R - Red

    • G - Green

    • B - Blue

• go over why it needs 3 resistors and not 1

  • the red takes more voltage and would steal from everyone else

• see circuit diagram of RGB LED below

Activity

• demo of building a circuit on a breadboard

Daily Assignment

• create your "RGB LED" circuit

Extra

• how many different colors can you make

  • explain how many different colors you can make and what they are