Red/blue bicolor LEDs

[Crazy Jayhawk]

I posted a topic about this some time ago, but I can't find it.

I've seen bicolor LEDs with red and blue lights instead of the normal red and green. Where do I find these LEDs? Thanks.

 

[ToledoSteel]

BUMP

I don't know, but I would like to see that too.

 

[Koopa_Fett]

I'm not totally sure, but I think I've seen them at Radio Shack. They might've been red/green. I'll check today.

 

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Radio Shack only has red/green ones. Some online place sells red/blue ones.

 

[ToledoSteel]

No, the Shack doesn't have them. I remember seeing them, maybe it was some obscure online electronics store.

 

[Crazy Jayhawk]

http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ele-51.html?id=VbnNJcfR

Found them!

 

[ToledoSteel]

Do you know how to connect those? They look like a 3-way switch type theory.

 

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Center wire is ground, outer ones are the + wires for the red and blue, respectively.

I think that's what it is, anyway.

 

[TheGhengisKhan]

yes, it's the same as the red/green ones that I've used before
if you notice, one of the 2 outside leads is shorter than the other, if you're using several of these, remember which leg is which color, cause it'll be the same on all the LED's

 

[Crazy Jayhawk]

The legs are also different shapes. One has two right angle bends and the other has an angled section.

 

[FireMogle]

I remember looking for switches with these leds in the tips of them, but when I found them they turned out to be like 15 a peice.

 

[WyrmMaster]

you could just use a red LED and a blue LED, put them together with the ground pins in the middle... Although those arent to expensive, so its not really necessary.

 

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Also, you might not have space for two LEDs.