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Converting CP into LED lighted.
rivacom:
So I've decided, I really like the LED lit control panels and decided to do my own. I love the one's that have multiple colors. So maybe people can help me pick out all the parts I need.
I want these for the buttons http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73&products_id=238
Also found these joysticks http://compare.ebay.com/like/130448125746?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&rvr_id=171744369212&crlp=1_263602_304662&UA=%3F*S%3F&GUID=6ef3c26712c0a47a2f44cc64ffc29fe2&itemid=130448125746&ff4=263602_304662
Does anyone know where to get these retail? or one's that change multiple colors?
Anywho, those are the two additions, what else would I need for this? Switches? New Wiring? LED Wiz? I already have a Jpac for the controls, so if I don't need a LED Wiz, that would save me a few dollars.
drventure:
If you want full color buttons, you'll need RGB leds (ie a single LED that has Red green and blue LED's embedded within it. To control those, however, requires 3 ports on an LEDwiz.
So if you've got a CP with 2 players, 6 buttons each and 2 sticks that are lit, that means a minimum of (6 + 1) *2 * 3 or 42 ports necessary. So you'll need at least 1 LEDWiz 32 port and one 16 port.
Plus, you have to have a 3 resistors for EACH LED (one for each color). Plus lots of wire. Plus a USB hub or enough ports to plug the extra devices into.
In short, it makes a pretty cool CP (if not a bit "circus'y") and it's not a HUGE outlay, but it'll cost.
And if you have a 4 player CP, ugh. Mine I used single color LEDs just as indicator lights, so it was a little simpler.
There's several projects on the boards here of full color panels.
BobA:
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rivacom:
Ok so let me list out my parts here and see if I left out anything. I'm going to do away with the multi color(maybe in the future). Let's stick with two color(Blue and yellow(Sabres colors =))) Using the buttons like http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73&products_id=341
So 6 button per person, plus 2 extra for player 1/2 and enter/exit buttons.
14 button = 2.15*14 = 34.40
2 Joysticks(http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/119-paradise-led-bubble-top-arcade-joystick.html) = 25 * 2 = $50
LED-Wiz™ 32-port USB Lighting and Output Controller(Assuming single color uses 1 port each) $45
So $129.40 for the whole CP correct?(Plus wire costs?)
Also has anyone had experience with those joysticks? Is it better to do a color led in a white nob? or Clear LED in the Already colored Nob? or just do A color led with the same color nob?
BobA:
The list looks ok based on single color LEDs in the PBs. The draw of that many PBs when all on will exceed a USB port max so you will have to wire the external power on the LED wiz so that a drive connector can supply the power.