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Pinball 2000 style - Digital Pinball/Arcade hybrid project
Dazz:
I have a couple of the RGB-Drives that I use for my Electric ICE 2 flipper buttons along with a LEDWiz. They don't look too bright in my flipper buttons, but I think the buttons are made to diffuse the light more evenly. I just did a quick test and not sure if it's bright enough.
Red - Max intensity
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Dazz on May 27, 2011, 11:00:51 pm ---I don't want to go with Crees since they are extremely bright. I want something that will flash like flashers but also be RGB as well.
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Looks great so far.
I'm guessing you are referring to the CREE star emitters. Yeah, those things are overkill, at about the equivalent 17 regular RGBs, and they should have heatsinks, etc....
Look for something called a "Piranha" RGB LED. They usually only run a couple of bucks and are more than double the output of standard superbright RGBs. Those sound like what you are looking for, but since you don't really need to have a single RGB led, you can also just use any Red, Green and Blue leds of the output power and/or quantity that make sense for your desired output. The LED-Wiz doesn't care how many you group on an output, so long as the current doesn't go over 500ma.
Dazz:
Thanks Randy. Yes, The CREE's are the star emitters. They are insanely bright, but they are what many are using for flashers in their pins.
However, I don't think anyone has done what I'm doing by adding toys above the playfield. I think the CREES would be overkill for where I'm going to use them. After playing with the RGB-Drives I think these will work just fine. They do look pretty good coming out of the dome on the saucer and I don't think they would overpower the LCD. I tested them under some tinted glass, since that's what I'm going to use for the playfield, and they still looked pretty good.
I think I'm going to order a couple shortly. Is there anyway to order some with a longer 4 wire cable than 24"? Or even order long lengths of the 4 wire cable?
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Dazz on May 28, 2011, 10:26:36 am ---After playing with the RGB-Drives I think these will work just fine. They do look pretty good coming out of the dome on the saucer and I don't think they would overpower the LCD. I tested them under some tinted glass, since that's what I'm going to use for the playfield, and they still looked pretty good.
I think I'm going to order a couple shortly. Is there anyway to order some with a longer 4 wire cable than 24"? Or even order long lengths of the 4 wire cable?
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I can understand that. If the lights wash out the LCD, it would blow the effect. At order time, just note in the comments box what you need, and I will contact you. Shouldn't be a problem.
yotsuya:
Dazz- looks great- what make are those domes?
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