Description
These super small LEDs are known as surface mount LEDs, SMD LEDs, or Chip LEDs.
They are very small and compact yet still very, very bright! The benefit of a flat and compact LED Chip, already wired for you, is that it still gives a great amount of light, but can be mounted flush, with no bulb shape showing.
We have taken these SMD Chip LEDs and taking care with tolerances, added 8 inches of red and green superfine magnet wire.
Get these chips already wired, tested, guaranteed, and fully ready to connect to your power supply. No resistors need to be added, we have done that part!
Need a really, really small LED? Try our new Z-LED
At 0.65mm wide by 0.40mm height by 0.36mm thick these are our smallest LEDs. When it is not lit it is hard to see, so if your project needs a LED that will not be visible until turned-on this is a great choice.
Frequently Asked Questions
"What do I need to run these?"
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Our
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| 5-12 volt battery / regulated adapter |
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Your own battery, or for 9 volt get our
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| Your own AC/DC or DCC supply: 7-19V |
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7-19 volt Universal AC/DC/DCC lights
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"How many can I run at once?"
- Using a 3 volt coin cell holder you can run 1-10 chips.
- Using a 3 volt AAA holder you can run 1-30 chips
- Using a 9 volt battery snap/switch you can run 1-50 of the chips.
- Using a 12 volt 1 Amp supply is also 50 chips, no need to turn off.
- Using your own power? The chips draw 20 milliamps each. So check your power supply to see how many milliamps it lists. A 1000 milliamp supply can run 50 chips.
"Can the chip LEDs be run along with other LEDs from the same battery or coin cell?"
Yes the chips can be run right alongside all of the other sizes of LEDs on the same power supply.
"On the AC chips, what size is the rectifier/resistor unit?"
This diagram shows the size of the rectifier unit
"I need the AC type chips but I have to run them through a tight passage?"
We have a solution! See our separated LEDs here: Separated
Warm white chip in a 1/4 scale 
Chips connected to our Coin holder with switch 
cool white Nano chip in a lamp! 
Customer Reviews
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C
The ice blue color was just the phubbing light I was looking for!
G
I haven’t found a place where a z LED won’t fit. Even if needed, I will glue the LED to a piece of fiber optic line, and I can get lighting anywhere needed. Always have what I need, no wait, and I believe they are warrantied for some time, because I have a few that came unsoldered, but can’t find the LED they’re so small!!
T
Great quality, broke two but it was my mistake.
J
Like everything I have bought from Evan Designs - these little pico LEDs are a must have for miniatures and scale models.
I used these for rear lights on an old car - Pico is 1mm - perfect in my case.
Also these come with an already fitted resistor for safe and "plug and play" operation.
J
Amazing little LEDs. The warm light is perfect for an old town feel.
Perfect brightness (not too bright) and warmth.
All these LED's are fitted with a resistor for simple "plug and play" operation. The Nano size is 1.6mm!
B
Normally, I just let ambient light fall on my star trek control panels. it's pretty good. But for Voyager sickbay, the wall sconces needed backlighting, so I had some giant LED strips installed behind the wall to pump light into those sconces and back lit wall panels. But then the panels mounted directly to the bio beds would look out of place dim. What would I do for the tiny monitor mounted to the bio-beds? How would I even get a wire into a light that no one would see, with those displays held up by what is when physically built a 1mm thick support?
These magnet-wire LED's did the trick. I've got one cast into the resin display, with the tiny magnet wire going behind the little 1 mm support on one side. Then 3 on each side under the beds to add accent light on the floor, and highlights the edges of those "raw-umber" supports under the bed. And one in the display panel at the feet. Compare the first photo with the lights on to the second one where they're off, and see which one more closely matches the 3rd which is a screen grab from the show.
I had dreaded doing manual LED's because normally I'd have to do all kinds of resistor calculations, which... sure I can do and I've done it before, but I've never been good at predicting the brightness of LEDs, and so I never really know how many I need at what brightness, which makes resistor calculations .... impossible. But with these 3V LEDs, being able to play around and just add any number of them (up to 50) in parallel to the circuit with the standard 3V power adapter with no extra resistors really made the difference in whether I was going to accomplish this or not.
Thanks for making this effortless, and I'm definitely buying more of these! Though may warm white instead of cool white next time. (Would love bright white, hint hint)
S
Chip Nano Pico and Z LEDs
T
Perfect! Exactly what I wanted.
L
These are fabulous for fitting in spots where nothing else can go. I only wish my fat, arthritic fingers could fit there too!
K
Love these little things.
They're perfect for my model car projects.
I can't wait to see what else I can use them for.
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