Re: gEDA-user: Surface mount LEDs

[Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael -

On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 06:30:52PM +0000, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> I'm looking for some surface mount LEDs, specifically a 1206-sized (or
> thereabouts) green LED and a 1210-sized (or thereabouts) bicolor
> red/green LED, both shining upward from the PCB (i.e., not right angle).

I can't address the bi-color LED half of the question.

I have some experience with green upward-facing 1206, 0805, and 0603
LEDs from Digi-Key.  There's a lot of variation in their brightness.
I finally settled on a 1206 Lumex SML-LX1206GC-TR, Digi-Key part
67-1357-1-ND.  $0.14 in 10's, plenty in stock.

They are a little delicate to solder, and the direction marks are
just barely usable.  But nice and bright (clearly visible outdoors)
at 2.0 V / 8 ma, and reliable once you know what you're doing.

       - Larry


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