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How to limit power to LED, efficiently

I am looking to use a 12V, 5 ampere car battery on a small 5V, 2A LED. Typical applications online use a resistor or voltage regulator, but since I am using a battery I would like to conserve power, ...
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Need help calculating resistor values for IR LED Driver

I'm wiring an IR LED driver for an Arduino project I'm prototyping. The Arduino will be run at 5V, and I'm planning on using it's 5V output to drive the transistor that runs the LED The circuit I've ...
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