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TimeSink - Dedicated Vertical Cab
Neilyboy:
Beautiful man!!! Very awesome light job there. I always wanted to do something with the 200 uv leds I bought awhile ago but never could think of anything other than lighting a big piece of plex and sandblasting away certain parts to make it look like an etched neon bar light or something like that. Very creative man.
Neil
Green Giant:
Love the led idea. Gonna start a jukebox soon enough and was planning on using an ledwiz with the new sound reactive program. Using lighted strips with the plexi would look sweet on it.
How bright is it with two leds, cameras often lack the ability to really show lights well? How long a piece of plexi would they difuse across before getting dim?
javeryh:
Crap. Now I have to think about how to incorporate this in my next cab (assuming I can get a free hour or two away from changing diapers to start working on it).
Awesome work as usual Coder. :cheers:
theCoder:
Thanks for the complements. Just having a little fun.
If anyone else uses this technique, please post your results (here, there, somewhere). I'm interested in different approaches to increase the intensity and minimize the hot spots.
--- Quote from: leapinlew on August 09, 2007, 07:39:14 am ---...what games are in your future?
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My favorites menu will include:
Donkey Kong
Tempest
Ms Pac-man
Dig Dug
Qix
Zaxxon
Q*Bert
Arkanoid
Frogger
Space Invaders
About a month ago, javeryh started a thread about favorite vertical games. That inspired me to do some research. The resultant list is a spreadsheet of vertical games, sorted by popularity as voted on by members of mameworld.net. I trimmed out the porn and duplicates, getting the list down to about 200. Doing this work got me thinking about vertical cabs, then a cab dropped out of the sky, and here I go again. The list is attached below.
--- Quote from: Havok on August 09, 2007, 09:54:39 am ---Great idea - the only thing I would change is to perhaps use sockets for the LEDs - I would want a way to replace them if they burn out.
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Do you have problems with LEDs burning out? Its never happened to me (after I burn up a few getting the right resistor that is). I wonder if it would impact the light strength? I haven't done much experimentation with it.
--- Quote from: Green Giant on August 09, 2007, 03:41:04 pm ---How bright is it with two leds, cameras often lack the ability to really show lights well? How long a piece of plexi would they difuse across before getting dim?
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The image is pretty true to life. The picture was taken in my kitchen with all lights on, no flash. It is not nearly as bright as a neon sign; not even as bright as a bulb. You can definitely tell it is a light source and not just bright paint. Notice the reflection on the table in picture #7. This is my first prototype so I'm hopeful that I/we can find the important parameters to make it better. With that said, I'm using two green (duh..) 700 mcd 5mm LEDs. The piece of Plexiglas is around 4" long. It is brighter at the ends near the LEDs. The brightness in the center is bright enough to see in daylight. Unless I change something, I will probably need one LED every 1-3 inches. I am hopeful, however, that there is some simple thing that can be done to light an entire 12" bar or so with only 2 LEDs. The issue is going to be getting a more consistant glow over the entire length. I've got some more playing around to do.
--- Quote from: javeryh on August 09, 2007, 03:53:04 pm ---Crap. Now I have to think about how to incorporate this in my next cab (assuming I can get a free hour or two away from changing diapers to start working on it).
Awesome work as usual Coder. :cheers:
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Thanks. Again, just enjoying the technical/creative outlet. Work these days is not what it used to be. Regarding the diapers, better you then me partner. I've already done my duty.
psychotech:
:)
First of all, thanks for the great write up on the plexi lighting!
And yeah, the cab looks nice enough as it is. Like the original speaker placement.., with another two speakers a bit higher that cab could be really loud (Jukebox material ;) ).
Still, come on !?!
No BOMBJACK on your shortlist of vertical games ;)
Anyway, all the best with the build/conversion, I'll be following this thread for sure.
psychotech
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