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From: wordy@cup.portal.com (Steven K Roberts)
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Subject: Re: Super-Bright LEDs
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Date: 30 Jan 90 07:43:31 GMT
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You might also contact HP -- their ArcLamp series hits 3 candela
at 20mA.  These are jumbo, and are a pretty clever optical design.
There's a smaller HP series that's the normal LED size, yet meets
the SAE brightness specs for CHIMSLs (center high-mounted stop lights).
I think it's the new Nissan that uses them -- but try HP direct
(the opto division is in San Jose, and the resident wizard on the
subject is Greg Smestead at 408-435-6512... tell him I said hi)
  (Oh, now that I have the database open, I notice that they're 
ArcLites, not ArcLamps.)
  And yes... they're going on the Winnebiko!
   Cheers...
    Steve
     Nomadic Research Labs