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Article #18162Re: Re: In defense of solid-state devices
From: David Bengtson
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1987 03:16
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1987 03:16
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In article <970@cg-atla.UUCP> mikkel@cg-atla.UUCP (Carl Mikkelsen) writes: >In article <2002@umd5.umd.edu> cgs@umd5 (Chris Sylvain) writes: >> >>Blue glow did you say? Try a Blue LED. ... Don't laugh, it's a REAL product >>looking for a market. Needs about 3.5V across it. It's made from silicon >>nitride, and is available in small quantities. They're more a curiousity >>than anything else, as no one has come upon a good reason for needing a >>Blue LED. The company that makes them (silicon nitride is really tough Ok, I'll do My bit to increase the S/N ratio of this group. My 87 VW GTI has a Blue LED as the High Beam Indicator. It kinda stands out nicely from the Red Idiot lights. All of the related VW models probably have the same setup, so there is at least one makret for them.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!mimsy!eneevax!daveb From: daveb@eneevax.UUCP (David Bengtson) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Re: In defense of solid-state devices Message-ID: <1075@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 22:16:21 EST Article-I.D.: eneevax.1075 Posted: Thu Oct 22 22:16:21 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Oct-87 10:07:28 EST References: <729@alliant.Alliant.COM> <4124@pyr.gatech.EDU> Reply-To: daveb@eneevax.umd.edu.UUCP (David Bengtson) Organization: Elec. Eng. Dept., U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Lines: 13 Summary: Blue LED's