Solder the LED

If you have purchased a kit you may already have an assembled soldered LED cable

For this section you will need:

Tools

1 heatgun - If you don't have a heatgun the soldering iron can be used
1 precision wire cutters
1 soldering iron
1 wire strippers

Consumables

a little solder

Electronic Components

1 150 Ohm Resistor - The exact value will depend on the current rating of your LED.
1 2 pin Du Pont connector female housing
40 mm of Black heatshrink - 4.8mm ID
1 Black pre-crimped Female-Female jumper cable (30 cm)
35 mm of Red heatshrink - 2.4mm ID
1 Red pre-crimped Female-Female jumper cable (30 cm)
1 Warm white 5mm LED

Step 1: Solder the resistor to the LED

Tun on your soldering iron so it can heat up
Take the LED
Cut the longest leg down to about 5mm long using precision wire cutters
Tin this leg with solder
Take a 150 Ohm Resistor and cut each leg down to about 5mm long.
Tin both legs with solder
Solder one side of the resistor to the cut leg of the LED.
Cut the other leg of the LED to be the same height as the end of the resistor.
Tin the end of this leg

Step 2: Solder cables

Take the red and black precrimped jumper cables and cut off one end with wire strippers
Strip about 5mm of cable on each, and tin the cable with wire strippers
Solder the red wire to the leg with the resistor
Solder the black wire to the other leg
Take the red heatshrink and slide it over the red cable up to the LED.
Use a heatgun to shrink the heatshrink
Take the black heatshrink and slide it over both cables up to the LED.
Use a heatgun to shrink the heatshrink

Step 3: Add the connector

Take the DuPont housing
Push both connectors from the LED cable into the connector

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