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DIY LED Bat Top joy sticks
tylerwerrin:
Hot melt is hot glue gun glue, correct? I'll give it a whirl -- i bought some 22ga led strip wire -- it's the same type of wire that i think you used on the RGB drives (4 colors in one ribbon.) I'll give that a go -- the hot melt trick sounds like a winner -- i could also put a blob at the end to hold the LED onto the pipe.
What i found to be very successful with the slender style competition bat tops is that there is a plastic sheath with disguises all trace of the pipe -- very discreet!
One other snag, which i have yet to perfectly figure out is to get each stick exactly the same shade of white. I use "one drop" from the Castn' Craft pigment bottle, but the problem is, a "drop" is different every time, ever so slightly. Since the pigment goes a long way with a little, its tricky to get the exact same shade. The only way around that would be to make more than one at a time, with the same batch of resin -- but I haven't had a chance to craft a jig for that yet, and I'm out of OOMOO.
Cornchip:
I haven't looked for some time, but I'd really like to find a online electronics store that has 4 pole 3.5mm male/female jacks to build a new RGB stick. It's been almost 8 years since I did my LED bat top. Where has the time gone.
Cornchip.
Brutick:
--- Quote from: Cornchip on March 15, 2014, 11:42:23 pm --- I haven't looked for some time, but I'd really like to find a online electronics store that has 4 pole 3.5mm male/female jacks to build a new RGB stick. It's been almost 8 years since I did my LED bat top. Where has the time gone.
Cornchip.
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I'm assuming something along these lines?
http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/SP-35401/CP-35401SP-ND/2638984
Enjoy :)
tylerwerrin:
ahh, dammit -- nothing lit up! ugrrgghhhhh!!!
I got the LED wired to my LED blinky and no go -- not sure what the issue is. I checked for voltage at the LED itself (probed the cathode) and it was getting 5v from my PSU. What could the problem be? The LEDs i purchased are 20ma 5mm diffused RGB type. I have the correct resistors in place. Is there something that I could be missing? I did the "Simple LED" test in LED blinky -- all my buttons came on as they should but no dice on the LED intended for the joystick....
armi0024:
--- Quote from: Cornchip on March 15, 2014, 11:42:23 pm --- I haven't looked for some time, but I'd really like to find a online electronics store that has 4 pole 3.5mm male/female jacks to build a new RGB stick. It's been almost 8 years since I did my LED bat top. Where has the time gone.
Cornchip.
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I can look for them, Slickstick sent me the info on what they were using a while ago.