Help me drive 3W RGB LED's from my Microcontroller :)

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Hi guys,

I've got 3 of these **broken link removed** RGB LED's that I want to use alongside an Arduino in a project. Just a few questions about powering them. When I got them, I also got these LED drivers **broken link removed** (bought these I believe **broken link removed**)

I'm just a little confused about how to wire it all up. What do these LED drivers actually do? I know they're supposed to regulate the voltage from the peeks and troughs that high powered LED's generate. If my Arduino accepts 7-12V input supply, could I put 7V into this driver and have it regulate down to 3V for the LED's? Or would I need some voltage regulator for that as well? I'll probably have more questions in a bit but might as well leave it simple for now
 

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