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RandyT:

--- Quote from: webgeek on December 18, 2005, 08:05:21 pm ---Sorry that I wasn't more specific on the lighting technique. I was refering to the one illustrated here:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=37034.msg373712#msg373712

It seems that this would let you get away with a lot lower MCD level; particularly if you angled the LEDs so they beamed into the ring and not into the button. I'm thinking that painting the ring, minus the inside center edge of course, with silver paint would help too.


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Thanks for clarifying.    Angle will be less important as this one relies almost entirely on the light bouncing and refracting through the plastic.  Higher flux will always be better if you want your buttons to appear to be lit in normal room light though, so keep that in mind.

RandyT
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