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# Led
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Leds have polarity, that means they only allow current to flow in one direction. That means LED's are diodes.
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While in resistors the relations of voltage to current is linear:
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![](./current-voltage-characteristic.svg)
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that is not the case for leds
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![](./diode-voltage-graph.svg)
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