ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

LED circuit

Okay, so imagine you have a pretend light that you want to turn on and off. In order to do that, you need to have a special thing called a circuit. A circuit is like a path for electricity to travel through.

Now, let's say we want to use a special kind of light called an LED. LED stands for Light Emitting Diode, which is a big fancy way of saying it's a light that uses special materials to make light.

To make the LED light up, we need to connect it to the circuit. We do this by using wire and special things called resistors. Resistors slow down the electricity so the LED doesn't get too much electricity at once and break.

We connect the LED to the circuit by using wire and a battery. The battery sends the electricity through the circuit, and it goes through the LED and the resistor. When the electricity goes through the LED, it makes the special materials inside make light!

So, that's how an LED circuit works! We use a circuit to send electricity to the LED, and the LED uses that electricity to make light. Pretty cool, huh?