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From: ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Blue LED
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Date: 18 Oct 90 03:53:24 GMT
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In article <12630655371015@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu> LANGFRD@osu-20.ircc.ohio-state.edu (david langford) writes:
>Does anyone where Blue L.E.D.'s can be purchased for LESS than $10.
>The only place I have seen them is Jameco and they were $9.95!!!!
>This is a LITTLE too much for me...

It's a little rich for my blood, too...but wait a while. I recall a few years
back when wimpy red LEDs were selling for >$10. "...and this, too, shall
pass away."

They'll get cheaper fast, when production yields rise and demand increases.
They remain a curiosity at this point...you'll see _very_ few specified as
manufacturing components.

Now.

Who can tell me where to find a blue diode _laser_ for <$100?   ;^)


						d


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