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Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
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Infrared LEDs are used for remote controls (they're the little LED in the part you point at your TV) and 'night-vision' cameras, and these little blue guys are high powered ones! They are 940nm wavelength, which is what nearly all devices listen to. They're 20 degree beamwidth, and work great for any kind of remote control application.
We used one of these to make a camera control footswitch/intervalometer. These are the same LEDs we use in our super TV-B-Gone kit. You can drive them continuously (for 'night vision' illumination) with 100mA and for IR remote application they can take up to 1 Amp pulses (!). For high powered use, we suggest matching these up with our power MOSFETs.
If you want to make a sender/receiver pair, you'll want to get an IR remote receiver sensor as well.
Technical details
- 5mm LED
- 940nm wavelength (most common)
- 20 degree beam width
- 100 mA continuous, 1000 mA pulse
- Approx 1.6V forward voltage (check datasheet for range)
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Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
Does what it says on the tin. In my setup with a small ESP32 board I need to set up a circuit to control it via a transistor to make use of the 5V out, but it does what I need.
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2 months ago
Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
Not sure if I have this working yet.
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3 months ago
Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
Loves it works exactly like it said with extremely fast shipping
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5 months ago
Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
It does what it's supposed to. Nothing much to add. Although, I couldnt find something like this in my country and it is really bright and its cheap :)
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1 year ago
Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
Works well, although it would be better if it had a wider than 20 degree beam width.
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1 year ago
Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
Just what I needed
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2 years ago
Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
Works as expected. Using 2x with the Noir camera in a bird box.
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2 years ago
Super-bright 5mm IR LED (940nm)
These have worked well for me in, along with the NoIR V2 camera module, in remote-monitoring nestboxes. I use two in series, with a current-limiting resistor (47Ohm in my case) and a 2N7000 MOSFET to switch the 5V supply from a 3.3V GPIO. Pigpio allows brightness control via PWM.
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