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Overview: MENTOR light guides are precision-designed optics that efficiently transfer light from PCB-mounted LEDs to a remote zone with minimal luminance loss and no light bleed. They offer cost-effective, space-saving, and easy-to-install solutions with high ESD protection for electronic design engineers.

Specifications: MENTOR provides a wide range of high-quality standard light guides for front panels or PCBs, available in various versions including single and multiple light guides, bar graph indicators, and flexible systems. These are designed using advanced ray-trace software and manufactured with in-house tooling to ensure optimal optical effects.

Product Range: The assortment includes front panel-mounted solutions, vertical and horizontal PCB-mounted versions, and miniaturized options. Custom solutions are available with options for different lengths, head shapes, sizes, and colors.

Custom Solutions: MENTOR offers custom light guide solutions with no tooling costs and low minimum order quantities, allowing for high variability and unlimited design possibilities. The M-CUT light guide system offers three types: area, bargraph, and solid strip, each designed for specific applications.

Installation and Technical Data: Light guides are mounted on PCBs via press-in lugs, with alternative methods like clamping or screwing available. The material used is PMMA, with an ambient temperature range of -20°C to +70°C.

Conclusion: MENTOR's light guides offer innovative, cost-effective solutions for custom and standard applications, providing design engineers with flexibility and efficiency in light management systems.

General Remarks and Technical Data: Material: PC clear UL94, Ambient Temperature: -40°C to +85°C, ESD Protection: <4kV, Front Panel Thickness: 1mm.

Sealing Disc: Material: PVC black, Ambient Temperature: 75°C, Designed for light guides with an external diameter of 3.2mm, providing splash protection to IP54.

Light Guides for Front Panels: Square design with variable length from 5mm to 45mm, customizable for specific needs. Installation is push-fit with a recommended housing opening of 2.8 -0.05mm. ESD resistance increases with length.

Waterproof Light Guides: Product lines 1282.xxxx and 1293.xxxx are developed into waterproof versions tested to IP68. They require precise mounting holes and offer lengths up to 45mm.

Rear-mounted Panel Light Guides: Innovative design for mounting from the rear of the panel, ensuring superior lighting effects. Minimum front panel thickness recommended is 1.5mm. Custom dimensions available.

Multiple Rear-mounted Panel Light Guides: Light guides from the 1265 series can be combined using a flexible joining strip for quick rear mounting. Custom configurations allow for 2 to 10 light guides to be combined.

Design and Custom Solutions: The design of light guides is crucial for the human interface with electronic products, influencing aesthetics and perceptions. MENTOR offers a variety of horizontal light guides with options for square, round, or rectangular displays. Custom solutions are available, often requiring only dimensional modifications with minimal tooling costs.

Product Variants: MENTOR provides a wide range of horizontal light guides, including single and multiple light guides in various configurations. These include classic round designs, rectangular bar graph indicators, and miniaturized designs with square display heads. The system can be configured from 1-way to 10-way displays, with lengths variable from 8.1mm to 45mm.

Mounting and Layout Suggestions: The document provides layout suggestions for mounting light guides on PCBs. The light guides are held in place using press-in lugs and are used in conjunction with SMD LEDs. The document includes detailed tables with recommended LEDs and part numbers, indicating which are available ex-stock and which are manufactured to order.

Procedures and Installation: The light guides are designed to be mounted on printed circuit boards using press-in lugs. They can be used as substitutes for FEL components and are compatible with Mini TOPLED and CHIPLEDs of type 0603 or smaller. The systems are available in various configurations, including single-row, double-row, and multiple light guides, with lengths ranging from 0.5mm to 38mm.

Recommendations: For applications requiring one-row light guides with two-way displays, the document recommends specific articles such as 1270.1001. The systems are designed to prevent irradiation and allow for mixed color usage, thanks to the light diffusing covers.

Key Data from Tables and Diagrams: The tables in the document detail the dimensions and configurations of the light guides, including grid dimensions and variable lengths. The diagrams illustrate the layout suggestions and mounting examples, providing visual guidance for installation.

Miniaturised Light Guide Systems: MENTOR offers a range of over 150 standard models of miniaturised light guides, suitable for compact spaces with a grid dimension of 2.54mm. These are available in vertical and horizontal designs, with options for single or multiple light guides, and can be mounted onto front panels. Custom dimensions and designs are possible with minimal tooling costs.

Super Flat Push Buttons: MENTOR provides homogenously illuminated push buttons with low design heights of 3.6mm or 5.2mm, ideal for modern flat input systems requiring tactile feedback. More details can be found in their TK - Keypad components catalogue.

Customised Solutions: MENTOR's development engineers offer tailored solutions for specific applications, even in limited installation spaces. An example is a one-millimeter thick light guide with a reflective coating for under-table units. More information is available in their Lighting Ideas brochure.

Flexible Light Guide Systems: MENTOR's flexible light guide systems provide cost-efficient solutions for opto-electronic design challenges. These systems are designed for SMD and THT LEDs with fibres of 1000 μm, 2000 μm, and 3000 μm. They are mounted on PCBs with press-in lugs and come with transparent or colored lenses. Custom lengths and designs are available.

Technical Data: Housing Material: PC black UL94, Light Guide Material: PMMA, Lens Material: PC clear UL94, Ambient Temperature: -40°C to +85°C, ESD Protection: <12kV.

Assembly and Mounting: The housings for light guides are fixed on PCBs by press-in lugs and are designed to accommodate Ø2mm light guides. These guides are used with SMD TOPLEDs and are delivered unassembled. Custom lengths are available from 55mm.

Product Availability: Part numbers in bold are available ex-stock with low minimum order quantities, while those in normal font are manufactured to order.

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Lichtleitersysteme fur SMD- und THT-LEDs Light Guide Systems for SMD- and THT LEDs

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Lichtleiter vom Spezialisten Moderne Lichtleiter dienen dem verlust- und überstrahlungsarmen Transport von Lichtsignalen von einer Leiterplatten-montierten LED über eine bestimmte Strecke zu einer definierten Lichtaustrittsfläche. Sie bieten dem Elektronikentwickler kostengünstige, platzsparende und montagefreundliche Lösungen mit hohem ESD-Schutz. MENTOR light guides are efficient, precision-designed optics that transfer light from PCB-mounted LEDs to a remote light-radiating zone with little or no loss of luminance and no light bleed between adjacent elements. They offer electronic design engineers...

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Seite / Page M-CUT 2D-Light Guide Systems Bargraph-Lichtleiter Balken-Lichtleiter Flächen-Lichtleiter Bargraph light guides Solid strip light guides Area light guides Light Guides for Front panels Einzel- und Mehrfach-Lichtleiter Klassische und miniaturisierte Ausführungen Mit sphärischem, planarem und Senk-Kopf Mit runder und quadratischer Abstrahlﬂäche Von vorne und von hinten montierbar Mit gerader und schräger Einkopplungsﬂäche Standard- und IP68-Ausführungen Single and multiple light guides Classical and miniaturized versions Spherical, planar, counterbore Round and square display Front-mounted...

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M-CUT 2D-Light Guide Systems Die neue Dimension kundenspezifischer Lichtleiter The new dimension of custom light guides Individuelle Lichtleiterlösungen schnell, einfach und kostengünstig auch bei geringeren Stückzahlen realisieren - das ist der Grundgedanke des neuen Lichtleitersystems M-CUT. Dieses neue Lichtleitersystem basiert auf präzise bearbeiteten homogenen PMMAPlatten, je nach Ausführung volltransparent oder ausgestattet mit Streupartikeln, die im Regelfall unter einer diffusen Folie oder Folientastatur zum Einsatz kommen. Die langjährige Erfahrung unserer Lichtexperten sichern dabei...

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M-CUT Flächen-Lichtleiter M-CUT Area Light Guide Allgemeine Hinweise und Technische Daten Allgemeine Hinweise: siehe Seite 69 Technische Daten LEDs: siehe Seite 67 Werkstoff Lichtleiter: PMMA Werkstoff Fixierstift: PC schwarz UL94 Umgebungstemperatur: -20°C … +70°C General Remarks and Technical Data General Remarks: see page 69 Technical Data LEDs: see page 67 Material light guide: PMMA Material press-in lugs: PC black UL94 Ambient Temperature: -20°C … +70°C Der M-CUT Flächenlichtleiter basiert auf einer transparenten PMMA-Platte mit Streupartikeln und ist für den Einsatz von SIDELEDs vorgesehen,...

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Allgemeine Hinweise und Technische Daten Allgemeine Hinweise: siehe Seite 69 General Remarks and Technical Data General Remarks: see page 69 Technische Daten LEDs: siehe Seite 67 Technical Data LEDs: see page 67 Werkstoff Lichtleiter: PMMA Material light guide: PMMA Werkstoff Fixierstift: PC schwarz UL94 Material press-in lugs: PC black UL94 Der M-CUT Bargraph-Lichtleiter basiert auf einer transparenten, gezielt unterbro-chenen PMMA-Platte und ist fur den Einsatz von MiniTOPLEDs vorgesehen. Die Montage erfolgt durch einfaches Einpressen der Fixierstifte in die Leiterkarte. Der Bargraph-Lichtleiter...

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Allgemeine Hinweise und Technische Daten Allgemeine Hinweise: siehe Seite 69 General Remarks and Technical Data General Remarks: see page 69 Technische Daten LEDs: siehe Seite 67 Technical Data LEDs: see page 67 Werkstoff Lichtleiter: PMMA Material light guide: PMMA Werkstoff Fixierstift: PC schwarz UL94 Material press-in lugs: PC black UL94 Der von MENTOR neu entwickelte Balken-Lichtleiter besteht aus einer transpa-renten PMMA-Platte und ist fur den Einsatz von LEDs der Bauform 0603 oder kleiner vorgesehen. Er dient zur homogenen Hinterleuchtung von Linien und Schriftzugen. Die Montage erfolgt...

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Lichtleiter für Frontplatten Lichtleiter für Frontplatten sind bei der Entwicklung von elektronischen Geräten immer dann die richtige Lösung, wenn der Lichtleiter nicht auf der Leiterplatte fixiert werden kann oder soll. Durch das Verpressen des Lichtleiters in einer passenden Frontplattenbohrung schwebt er berührungslos über oder vor der SMD-LED und eröffnet durch diese Art der Montage dem Elektronikentwickler vielfältigste Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten. Front panel light guides are the optimum solution when a design calls for a light guide that is not physically attached to the PCB. They push-fit...

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Einzel-Lichtleiter fur Frontplatten fur die Montage von hinten Single light guide for front panels rear-mounted Mehrfach-Lichtleiter fur Frontplatten Montage von hinten Multiple light guide for front panels rear-mounted Erlauterung der Piktogramme: siehe Seite 69 | Explanation of pictograms see page 69

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Light Guides for Front panels Inject face: straight (0°) MENTOR Lichtleiter fur Frontplatten Einkopplung gerade (0°) Allgemeine Hinweise und Technische Daten Allgemeine Hinweise: siehe Seite 69 Technische Daten LEDs: siehe Seite 67 LL-Werkstoff: PC glasklar UL94 Umgebungstemperatur: -40°C ... +85°C ESD-Schutz: <4kV General Remarks and Technical Data General Remarks: see page 69 Technical Data LEDs: see page 67 LL-Material: PC clear UL94 Ambient Temperature: -40°C ... +85°C ESD-Protection: <4kV Diese Lichtleiter sind wegen ihrer Langenvariabilitat im Bereich A von 4,5-45mm vielseitig einsetzbar....

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Lichtleiter fur Frontplatten Einkopplung schrag (45°) MENTOR Light Guides for Front panels Inject face: diagonal (45°) Allgemeine Hinweise und Technische Daten Allgemeine Hinweise: siehe Seite 69 Technische Daten LEDs: siehe Seite 67 LL-Werkstoff: PC glasklar UL94 Umgebungstemperatur: -40°C ... +85°C ESD-Schutz: <4kV General Remarks and Technical Data General Remarks: see page 69 Technical Data LEDs: see page 67 LL-Material: PC clear UL94 Ambient Temperature: -40°C ... +85°C ESD-Protection: <4kV Diese Lichtleiter sind wegen ihrer Langenvariabilitat im Bereich A von 4,5-45mm vielseitig einsetzbar....

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