At 09:22 AM 3/17/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Hey guys and gals,
>
>I'm about to buy a few thousand LEDs for a project and thought I might pick
>your brains before I did.
>
>Need to be T1-3/4 size, wide viewing angle(100 degrees +), diffused lenses
>in red, green, and yellow, visible outdoors and reasonably efficient
>(battery powered devices).
>
>I was picking some out of the digikey catalog, but I'm a little overwhelmed
>with all the available options at the moment, and wondering if any of you
>might have already made this choice and had some suggestions.

These are almost mutually exclusive requirements. Look for super-bright or
ultra-bright LEDs, and expect to pay a fair bit more per LED than for
ordinary ones, especially for colors other than red.

Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com             Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog  Info for designers:  http://www.speff.com

--
http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic:
[PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads