'Flat sided' LED

[bob]

Name of the part
LED

Top view
‘Flat sided’ LED from above

Type
I did not read this
Other (please specify)
‘flat sided’ LED from above

Footprint

Just on breadboard view
A small oblong that covers two adjacent holes of the breadboard so that ‘flat sided’ LEDs can be placed side by side with the option to be able to see red, yellow or green LED’s

[vanepp]

This post (and a search for top view in the forum search bar) should turn them up. I made a bunch a few years ago.

Breadboard Top View Part Collection | #4

Here are some “Breadboard Top View” parts collection… With SMD parts… Many of them created by Peter Van Epp. Some are new… I redesigned them for realistic view as much I can… I made some small SMD components as top view also, for easy use on Perfboard and for size comparison… If You want to request for new top view part, make sure that is a very common part. I can’t make every unique parts. But, Also have 20+ triac, transistor, scr, mofet top-view parts for easy SCHEM/PCB making. If you …

Peter

[bob]

Thank you Peter, the ceramic capacitor 200 is about the closest to what I am wanting and will be acceptable for what I am doing. Is it possible to alter its colour to red or green in the Parts editor?

[vanepp]

@bob

Is it possible to alter its colour to red or green in the Parts editor?

No you would need to modify the breadboard svg. The top view parts should be what you want. In general the top view parts are designed for use on perf board and thus (unlike normal pars in breadboard usually) reflect their actual size (in this case rectangular bar type LEDs on 0.1in centers, I think in various colors that I made some years ago to do exactly what you look to be doing.) Those should do what you want if you can find them. I probably have them somewhere as I keep copies of all the parts I make, but I don’t know where. They were posted to the forum so they will be in the search results somewhere.

Peter

[bob]

I have tried to find another entry containing LED’s and can only come up with this one

Breadboard Top View Part Collection | #4

Here are some “Breadboard Top View” parts collection… With SMD parts… Many of them created by Peter Van Epp. Some are new… I redesigned them for realistic view as much I can… I made some small SMD components as top view also, for easy use on Perfboard and for size comparison… If You want to request for new top view part, make sure that is a very common part. I can’t make every unique parts. But, Also have 20+ triac, transistor, scr, mofet top-view parts for easy SCHEM/PCB making. If you …

I have downloaded a large number of them but the only ones that show ‘flat’ LED’s are the SMD ones and they are just yellow boxes.

[vanepp]

These (from 2017) are likely what I remember. They look to be 0.3in pitch rather than the 0.1 I remember but there are multiple colors.

Rectangular LEDs

Here are another set of rectangular LEDs similar to the set by Old_Grey. These differ mostly in size (closer to the breadboard) and connections (one lead on the top and bottom of the LED). This came about because someone wanted stackable LEDs for an instructable and was having problems with wires overlaying the LEDs. This set fixes that. The colors aren’t changeable as the core parts are because Fritzing changes to the round led layout when anything changes, and I think a code change would be ne…

Peter

[Blue]

Here, make it as a datasheet.
LED Flat - Top.fzpz (3.8 KB)
You can change color through Inspector…

But I just checked it doesn’t match to the Flat LED I have.
In Datasheet the short side is 2.54mm, so the LEDs can be placed without any gap on BB.
but, mine is 2.7mm, little wide at the bottom…