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nobody:
okay i have an idea that might help, if you made a curved mirror out of tinfoil or some other reflective material and placed it behiund the led it might hellp diffuse the light.
pointdablame:

--- Quote from: nobody on July 10, 2005, 07:15:16 am ---okay i have an idea that might help, if you made a curved mirror out of tinfoil or some other reflective material and placed it behiund the led it might hellp diffuse the light.

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If it was behind the LED, it would do nothing to diffuse the light beam since the beam is directed forward.  The only light that would hit the tin foil is the small amount of residual light that would hit behind the LED.
markrvp:

--- Quote from: Knievel on July 09, 2005, 10:22:08 pm ---BTW nice job with the pics and explanation of the button wiring/lighting Mark. In the relatively short time you've been here you've contributed a helluva lot to these boards.
Shawn you should put those shots up on your site if Mark is OK with it and that pic of the 4 lit buttons by LPZ, that's a beauty as well.

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Thank you for the compliment Knievel.  Thank you even more for inspiring me to build this stuff with your awesome examples.

Anybody that wants to use my pics for an example is welcome to do so.
D5A1AC:
I'm not sure if this has been tried yet, but in a lot of electronics projects that require that "diffused" effect from an LED, It is easiest just to roughen up the actual LED with rough sandpaper. This usually works well and isn't as fiddly or as complicated as some other suggestions, but I don't know if it would be as effective on a superbright LED. I would imagine roughing up the LED, then dropping a blob of hot glue on the LED, then roughening that up too would be more effective, but it seems a bit too fiddly.

If this has already been suggested, sorry - I only skimmed through the 9 or so pages on this topic  ;)
Chris:

--- Quote from: CJK on July 09, 2005, 10:47:01 pm ---As the Guinness guy says...
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