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A great source for small surface mount leds is http://www.Mouser.com. This link here will get you started, http://www.mouser.com/Optoelectronic...rd=led&FS=True. They have filters there to help you find exactly what your looking for. They have some there as small as 1mm x 0.5mm.
In this video here,
The hardest part of using these is soldering. I used some servo tape. Stuck the parts down then soldered them together. And connected to the battery using 32ga magnet wire. I eventually put a total of 12 (2 x 3mm) leds on that saucer in the video. With the leds, resistors and wire totaled, I think, 2g. Good luck |
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i ave not bought from here but this store sells the unused SMD LEDs in different colors: http://www.allspectrum.com/store/ind...bbfa303e73b47d
also you can buy them cheap on ebay, i found some lots of 5 SMD LEDs for $0.99 and free shipping |
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i get SMD leds on digikey for in the area of .10 cents each, 2.99 or less shipping. orange is cheapest.
as for soldering, get some flux. the stuff from radio shack may work, i never tried it, but the flux from digikey works, either the stuff you have to clean afterwards in the pen, a liquid, or the stuff in a syringe, a paste. i took the no-clean paste in the huge syringe, stole some used hyperdermic diabetis needles from the trash, and cut off the tip with a dremel and use it for the small SMD stuff i do. actually, the 0805 size are a little big for that setup. just my .02 |
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