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welshmark:

Newbie question.  Has anyone tried lighting up standard Happ competition pushbuttons?  Would this work?  If so, how do they look and what problems did you encounter?

Kaytrim:

It can be done but you need to use real bright LEDs of the same color as the button.  The pic below are standard buttons lit with white button blaster LEDs from Groovy Game Gear.

As you can see only the center of the button is lit.  If you want a real nice lit button go with the NovaGems or the Electric ICE buttons from Groovy Game Gear.

TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim


Anubis_au:

Hi Welshmark (one noob to another)

Several people have lit up the standard Happ buttons. The best example I could think of was Knievel's Flyercade:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=30403.msg338924#msg338924

It looks nice and more subtle than the translucents, so its user preference which way they want to go...

Kaytrim:

One thing to keep in mind too is that it is hard to take good pics of lit buttons.

welshmark:

Thanks guys - that's exactly the look I'm going for.

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