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light up translucent trackball
pezkore:
I am about to build a custom Golden Tee control panel and i am somewhat interested in using a 3" tanslucent blue Happ trackball for the GT rather than the standard white trackball. This poses a few questions for the group- 1: will the translucent ball work just as well as the white one? 2:It is a jamma cabinet...how can i wire a florescent light that i would put in the control panel box so that when the game is turned on it lights up the buttons (also translucent) and the ball? Is there a way i can wire that into my current power supply? or would i have to include a second plug?
PCC:
You could use super bright LEDs to light your trackball (and even your buttons). They won't heat up and make the ball expand like some lights will. They take up almost no space and can be powered by a 12V or 5V source. Plus, blue LEDs will give your trackball a richer blue color than lighting it with a white light.
pezkore:
where do i buy super bright LEDs and how do i go about wiring them? i know nothing about wiring
rampy:
the translucent balls are less dense than the "solid" er... opaque white ones... so they are little heavier for a wee bit more spin... (or so I'm told)...
You could get the light assembly from happs (although you could rig something up much easier/cheaper) and wire the incadescent bulb (or LEd) to the switching power supply just like anything else....
*Shrug* YMMV
rampy
Frostillicus:
--- Quote from: pezkore on April 09, 2003, 11:36:19 pm ---where do i buy super bright LEDs and how do i go about wiring them? i know nothing about wiring
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go to Superbrightleds.com for led's
All you will need is like 4-5 led's, a 5V source, and some resistors to limit the current.