17-Segment Alphanumeric LED Displays

17-Segment Alphanumeric LED Displays in 0.8" size in red and 2.3" size in orange and white.

In stock.

These products normally ship from our San Francisco warehouse in 1-3 business days.

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0.8" 17-segment Displays

Ultrabright 0.8" red alphanumeric LED displays available by the each or in 5-packs.

Package size: each ($3) 5-pack ($10)

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2.3" 17-segment Displays

Ultrabright 2.3" alphanumeric LED displays available in white and orange.

Display Color: Orange ($7) White ($10)

Bright and compact 17-segment LED displays. 17-segment alphanumeric displays: 0.8" or 2.3" character height!

High-end displays like these are great except that they are difficult to find and very expensive; here we are making the ones that we use available at a reasonable price.

The 0.8" displays are in ultrabright red, and are the same super-efficient displays that are used in version 2.0 of our open-source LED micro-readerboard project, now available for sale ala carte. Seriously bright at full current, so you can turn them way the heck down to run a very low-power display. In moving from a "standard" brightness display to one of these, we were able to take the battery life from a number of hours to a number of months. (No kidding.)

New 2.3" displays-- now in stock!
The 2.3" alphanumeric LED displays have the same basic design but are much bigger with a 2.3" (56 mm) character height. The segments light up in your choice of ultrabright orange -- for that old school neon/nixie/panaplex look -- or ultrabright white. These are seriously bright when driven at full current, and can be placed behind a darkened window for higher contrast viewing. A total of 53 LED elements are inside the matrix to drive the segments and decimal point. Both colors have a black sticker on the face that covers an inactive dot in the matrix.

Technical Data Follows:
0.8" displays:

Datasheet here.

Peak wavelength: 660 nm. Rated for 25 mA continuous, 150 mA peak (0.1 percent duty cycle at 10 kHz), and 75 mW power dissipation per LED chip.

2.3" displays:

Part numbers: BL-SA230B-12UE-11 (orange) or BL-SA230B-12W-11 (white) by Betlux Electronics .

Please see the datasheet (here) for electrical specifications for the two models.

Lead Free
These 17-segment alphanumeric displays are RoHS compliant (lead free). Working with these parts, you'll find that everything works well with either regular or lead-free solder-- whichever you care to use.