Looking for a second source for these blinking RGB LEDs

[Charlie E.]

Hi All,
Was a rat shack looking for a couple of parts for a blinky LED project
I have, and saw these things:

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3060680&cp=

They are a interesting gadget, but at $2.49 each, a little pricey for
the gadget I want to build. Any idea of another source for these
things that I could get volume pricing on? Or, even, how makes them?
Couldn't find anything like them at Digikey...

Thansk,
Charliie
Edmondson Engineering

 

[Charlie E.]

A 50 cent tri-color LED, 4 resistors, and a PIC, can be done for less
then $1.00.



http://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/pdf/184695/MICRO-ELECTRONICS/MSGBB557TA.html

Did you read the "customers rate it" page ??

donald

Thanks, Donald!
Now, I need to see if anyone else sells it for a little less. Yes, I
could do the same thing with an RGB LED and other parts, but I have a
space constraint. I want to use the PIC to control this thing, not
replace it...

thanks Again!
Charlie

 

[James Arthur]

Thanks, Donald!
Now, I need to see if anyone else sells it for a little less. Yes, I
could do the same thing with an RGB LED and other parts, but I have a
space constraint. I want to use the PIC to control this thing, not
replace it...

thanks Again!
Charlie

Hobby? How many do you need?

Maybe one of these would please thee?
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/products.asp?dept=1245

Several available for $0.50.

Or maybe one from these guys (who list qty discounts)?
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/340/LEDs/1.html

(you'll have to browse or search; they have several)

Cheers,
James Arthur

 

[James Arthur]

Hobby? How many do you need?

Maybe one of these would please thee?
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/products.asp?dept=1245

Several available for $0.50.

Or maybe one from these guys (who list qty discounts)?
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/340/LEDs/1.html

(you'll have to browse or search; they have several)

Cheers,
James Arthur

Oops--I missed the RGB part. Both sources I gave have 'em, but for $1.50.

--James

 

[Charlie E.]

Hobby? How many do you need?

Maybe one of these would please thee?
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/products.asp?dept=1245

Several available for $0.50.

Or maybe one from these guys (who list qty discounts)?
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/category/340/LEDs/1.html

(you'll have to browse or search; they have several)

Cheers,
James Arthur

Hi James,
These are all two lead units, not the three lead unit that I found.
The third lead is used for control, so that you can vary the mode the
device is in. The others might do in a pinch, though.

Thanks,
Charlie

 

[JosephKK]

Hi James,
These are all two lead units, not the three lead unit that I found.
The third lead is used for control, so that you can vary the mode the
device is in. The others might do in a pinch, though.

Thanks,
Charlie

If you have a pic to control / blink it perhaps a plain 4 lead rgb led
will do.