LED Chess Set - Simple Version

Step 6 Using an old mobile phone charger

Get an old mobile phone charger that plugs into the wall and cut off the end that you plug into your phone. You will notice that the cable from the charger is made out of two wires. Split them apart for about 5cm.

Cut one end about 25mm shorter than the other. It does not matter which end. Strip some of the insulation back like about 3mm and put solder on the ends.

Solder your string of resistors to the shorter bit of the cable.

I am not sure if there is much difference between chargers but you want something that is between around 5 and 9 volts. If you look closely on the charger it will have a number followed by a V. That is the number to look for.

Comments

[alhowell13]

you seriously need to learn about electronics.

[eltimbalino]

alhowell13, you are so right. I built my own 2 stage bass amp from a Jaycar kit with thousands of little coloured bits. The instructions assumed that by looking at the circuit diagram I would have just known it was DC (which means direct current current). Well I plugged AC into it (which is the other one) and blew one of the boards up. I had to pull out all the bits that had turned brown and put matching ones back in. Got it working though. So yeah, if there is stuff that I have left out or if you have any suggestions to make this instructable easier to follow, please jump right in and add them via comments. Appreaciated.