Good LED Mount?

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I am starting on a project that will involve mounting around 60 or so tri-color leds on a flat wall-hangable 2" or so thick device. We are going to try to get somewhat of a resemblance to the old-school style “blinkenlights” info panels you see at Nasa/Power Plants/etc which will read out server uptime, computer statuses, etc, for a company I work in IT for. I’ve been looking around for a good housing that can hold each LED individually but have been unable to find anything.

Something similar to this:

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http://www.opendragon.ca/Images/001_05_12_0007.jpg

Possibly even with square lights instead of round. And if it scan screw in to the board, even better! Issue I’ve had is finding one that can do the 4-lead tri-color leds. Any ideas? We will probably have a couple 7-segment displays also.

I’ll post pics when I’m finished!

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What I do is first, mount the LED’s to a pc board. It simplifies the wiring so much. In rows of a manageable size.

The front panel then has these clear lenses: http://www.keyelco.com/products/prod42. … egoryID=56

Even if the LED’s/PC board is recessed 1 inch back from the front panel, the light still hits the lenses. You can have the LED’s standoff the pc board that much.

The only time I put the LED’s right into the lens is when I need it super bright.

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Excelent! That’s exactly what I was thinking. And to think I was worried I wouldn’t get a response because I posted this thread in the wrong section! :slight_smile: