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Wiring LED pushbuttons
jerziekid:
Hi guys. I'm planning on having 18 LED buttons on my control panel. I bought a RGB drive II for each push button. The idea is to have them only shine steady white so I'd like to wire them in parallel into my extra power wires on my PC tower's power source.
Anyone have photos, video, instructions on how to wire everything together and into the power source?
Nephasth:
Why didn't you just buy white LEDs? All your ground wires (R, G, B) from the LEDs get wired to ground (black wire) on your power supply. All your power wires from the LEDs get wired to 5V (red wire) on your power supply.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on April 30, 2013, 01:04:22 pm ---Why didn't you just buy white LEDs?
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While that would have been an simpler approach, there is a benefit to doing it this way over a standard white LED. 3x the brightness in the same form factor.
Nephasth:
Bright buttons = no bueno.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on April 30, 2013, 01:19:44 pm ---Bright buttons = no bueno.
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Brighter <> excessively bright. Much depends on the button and the desired result.