White LED Backlight Module - Small 12mm x 40mm
Qty | Discount |
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1-9 | $1.95 |
10-99 | $1.76 |
100+ | $1.56 |
Description
These pretty strips of light are plastic diffused backlights, often seen in LCD displays. Normally they're tucked behind the LCD and shine white light from below. Here, we've got the LEDs available individually and they're really cool! Each LED is encased in a 3.5mm thick strip of a acrylic. The acrylic strip is a special type that is very good at diffusing light, so even though there is only one single white LED, it provides near-uniform lighting. The other flat side of the strip has a reflector on it so you only get light from the top (otherwise the backlight would lose 1/2 the brightness unnecessarily).
You can treat this backlight just like an LED, light with ~3V at 20mA current and you get a pretty shape that you can mask with vinyl or draw over with a marker. You will need a resistor in series like any other LED, to set the max current. Gels can be used to change the color. We think these would make great wearables without the need for EL or inverters, they're much brighter than EL and use less battery. The trade-off is these are not flexible at all.
This particular backlight has a 0.5" by 1.5" (12mm x 40mm) lit area
White LED Backlight Module - Small 12mm x 40mm (4:16)
Technical Details
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France -
VCTEC KOREA
South Korea -
Mouser Electronics
United States -
Makersify
United Kingdom -
The Pi Hut
United Kingdom -
Switch Science
Japan -
Pakronics
Australia -
NTREX, Inc.- Devicemart
South Korea -
DigiKey Electronics
United States -
3DMakerWorld, Inc.
United States -
MicroCenter
United States -
RPishop.cz
Czech Republic -
Core Electronics
Australia
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