Cool Parts from the A-team

 

Looking for LED's?
We've found that bright LED are hard to find. Often, you can't trust the rating (in mcd's) given for an LED. Why? Nobody knows.

Color Part # Supplier Comments
Blue P467-ND Digikey 45 degree cone, but will blind you.
Green ???   We're still looking for a really bright green LED.
Red 505-1348 Allied Wide cone, pretty bright.
IR 160-1061 Digikey From Rob's iRX board design. Wide cone, others just don't seem to work as well.
IR HSDL-3610 Agilent/HP IR Transceiver. We'll tell you how it works.

 

 

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