Teeny weeny LED's
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Teeny weeny LED's
Anyone know a good source for teeny tiny LED's (white or clear and red). I'm talkin' a mm or two in diameter. Do they make them that small?
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Scott Hasty
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Re: Teeny weeny LED's
Smaller, actually, but they are surface mount (SMT). www.digikey.com is the best resource for anything you want electronic (and i DO mean ANYTHING). Order their catalog, it's only 2" thick.TB2 wrote:Anyone know a good source for teeny tiny LED's (white or clear and red). I'm talkin' a mm or two in diameter. Do they make them that small?
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Re: Teeny weeny LED's
I strongly second that! I've been using Digikey since they first started! (1976 or so - their catalog was about 4 pages!) I have several of their tiny SMT LEDs. They may seem daunting to work with, but not impossible.Scott Hasty wrote: Smaller, actually, but they are surface mount (SMT). www.digikey.com is the best resource for anything you want electronic (and i DO mean ANYTHING). Order their catalog, it's only 2" thick.
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Scott Hasty
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Re: Teeny weeny LED's
You're dating yourself, frank.... 8). Then again, I've been using them since the early '80's.macfrank wrote:I strongly second that! I've been using Digikey since they first started! (1976 or so - their catalog was about 4 pages!) I have several of their tiny SMT LEDs. They may seem daunting to work with, but not impossible.Scott Hasty wrote: Smaller, actually, but they are surface mount (SMT). www.digikey.com is the best resource for anything you want electronic (and i DO mean ANYTHING). Order their catalog, it's only 2" thick.
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Their catalogue is available for download in pdf format.TB2 wrote:Does the digikey catalogue have pics?
It is also broken up into sections so you can also download the LED section by itself.
I haven't used them but beyond a surcharge for Canadian orders below $32.50 they seem fairly Canadian friendly.
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Digi-Key has some TEEEEEENY little LEDs that are surface mount SIZE but have little flat wires coming out of the sides... Mercifully! 
As I recall they come in Red, Green, Amber, and maybe Yellow. Under a 10th of an inch in size. SMT size .115 x.055 x.05 inches tall. They also have SMT ones that DO NOT have leads - just teeny solder pads.
Look at the pictures to make sure. Sorry I don't have my cat a log handy for numbers.
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As I recall they come in Red, Green, Amber, and maybe Yellow. Under a 10th of an inch in size. SMT size .115 x.055 x.05 inches tall. They also have SMT ones that DO NOT have leads - just teeny solder pads.
Look at the pictures to make sure. Sorry I don't have my cat a log handy for numbers.
MODEL ON!
They have a pretty wide selection last time I checked, including very bright colors, blue and white as well.En'til Zog wrote: As I recall they come in Red, Green, Amber, and maybe Yellow. Under a 10th of an inch in size. SMT size .115 x.055 x.05 inches tall. They also have SMT ones that DO NOT have leads - just teeny solder pads
The gull wing and even SMT LEDs aren't that hard to work with. It's just like doing brain surgery - after a couple of tries, you start to wonder - "so, what's the big deal?" (No, I haven't tried my hand at brain surgery, but c'mon, how hard can it be?)
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