{"id":4491,"date":"2018-02-08T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2018-02-07T18:50:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T18:50:31","slug":"mentor-horizontal-light-pipes-now-available-from-foremost-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineernewsnetwork.com\/blog\/mentor-horizontal-light-pipes-now-available-from-foremost-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"MENTOR horizontal light pipes now available from Foremost Electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"highlight highlight-blue\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4most.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foremost Electronics<\/a><\/span>, the specialist distributor of electromechanical components, is now offering its UK customers a wide range of light guide\/light pipes from the long established German manufacturer MENTOR.<\/p>\n<p>MENTOR Light Pipes\/Light Guides are precision optics that precisely manage the light emitted from the latest powerful LEDs.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7565662001938327\" data-ad-slot=\"7585079586\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nMENTOR are experts in the design and in-house manufacture of LED displays and a 1st-tier supplier to major automotive and other OEMs.<\/p>\n<p>Horizontal PCB-mounted light guides\/light pipes from MENTOR are used in applications that call for light to be emitted from a panel that is positioned at right angles to the circuit board.<\/p>\n<p>MENTOR offers both classic \u00d83mm element versions for the 5.08mm grid and miniaturised \u00d82mm versions for the 2.54mm grid, as well as hybrid combinations of the two types.<\/p>\n<p>Round, square and rectangular element versions are all available. Despite the close proximity of tiny elements, leading-edge design coupled with precision manufacture ensures that there is no light bleed, even when different colours are adjacent.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring 4-rows as standard, versions between 2 and 10 columns are available, allowing a maximum of 40 elements and PCB mounting is via press-in lugs.<\/p>\n<p>Length is 2.8mm as standard but infinite length variations can be supplied up to 15mm<\/p>\n<p>Alan Vincent, Sales Director of Foremost, comments: &#8220;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. 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