Horizontal light pipes precisely manage the light emitted from the latest LEDs

Foremost Electronics now offers a wide range of light guide/light pipes from MENTOR. Their Light Pipes/Light Guides are precision optics that accurately manage the light emitted from the latest powerful LEDs. Horizontal PCB-mounted light guides/light pipes are used in applications that require light to be emitted from a panel that is positioned at right angles to a circuit board. The devices are offered in both classic Ø3mm element versions for the 5.08mm grid and miniaturised Ø2mm versions for the 2.54mm grid, as well as a hybrid combination of both types. Alan Vincent, sales director of Foremost, comments, “Light guides form a key function in the human interface with a product, so their appearance and optical quality have a huge influence on aesthetics and overall user perceptions. The options of horizontal light guides with square, round or rectangular displays provide design engineers with ultimate flexibility. MENTOR light guides are visibly superior, feature precision optics and the excellence of their design and manufacture is immediately obvious when they are in use.”