White LED Backlight Module - Medium 23mm x 75mm

This LED Backlight Strip provides bright, even illumination from a single LED, making it ideal for custom lighting, signs, wearables, and creative electronics projects.

These pretty strips of light are plastic diffused backlights, often seen in LCD displays. Normally they're tucked behind the LCD and shine white light from below. Here, we've got the LEDs available individually and they're really cool! Each LED is encased in a 3.5mm thick strip of a acrylic. The acrylic strip is a special type that is very good at diffusing light, so even though there is only one single white LED, it provides near-uniform lighting. The other flat side of the strip has a reflector on it so you only get light from the top (otherwise the backlight would lose 1/2 the brightness unnecessarily). You can treat this backlight just like an LED, light with ~3V at 20mA current and you get a pretty shape that you can mask with vinyl or draw over with a marker. You will need a resistor in series like any other LED, to set the max current. Gels can be used to change the colour. We think these would make great wearables without the need for EL or inverters, they're much brighter than EL and use less battery. The trade-off is these are not flexible at all. This particular backlight has a 23mm x 75mm lit area.

Features

* Individual LED backlight panel salvaged from LCD displays

* Single white LED housed in 3.5mm thick acrylic strip

* Diffused light provides even brightness across entire surface

* Reflective backing directs light upward, minimising waste

* Lit area measures 23mm × 75mm

* Operates at 3V, 20mA with current-limiting resistor

* Rigid construction suitable for wearables, props and displays

* Significantly brighter than EL wire alternatives

* Lower power consumption than EL solutions

* Compatible with vinyl stickers, markers and colour gels for customisation

* No inverter required

Specifications

* Dimensions: 107.5mm x 22.6mm x 2.7mm

* Weight: 5.6g

Resources

* Datasheet

Package Contents

* 1x White LED Backlight Module - Medium 23mm x 75mm