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Lightup pushbuttons/iPac?
M-80:
--- Quote from: BillyJack on May 06, 2003, 10:20:02 am ---Doesn't Happ have LEDs "kits" that fit for their lightup pushbuttons? Thought I saw that somewhere on their site long ago...
(Sorry, this thread is so confusing I don't remember what the original question was.)
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Edit: Idunno, this comes up when you click on the LED Optional link in the lighted pushbutton page.
http://www.happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/91115700.htm
Not sure if the power reqs are too high for the ipac still... just rambling i guess...
Edit 2: Aha! they come in 6v form (obvious if you read the page unlike me)... i guess the 5v would power them a little dim, huh?
BillyJack
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Not only that, but according to others here the 6v LEDs would fry the iPac just as good as the 6v incandescants. And that logic tends to be believable.
Simply, this topic was about alternatives to the Happ offerings. Instead of 6v lighting (incandescants or LEDs), maybe 5v lighting (incandescants or LEDs) if they make them. And just replace the 6v lamps (incandescants or LEDs) with the 5v lamps (incandescants or LEDs) and the iPac would be saved from being fried by lamps that demand too much from the iPac. Or maybe we can get Ultimarc to make 6v iPacs? Powered instead of from the USB or PS/2 port but through a dedicated AC adapter while the rest of the terminals are USB or PS/2 bus powered?
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Second guessing: Is Ultimarc the one that makes iPacs? Or do they simply sell them for the manufacturer? I was always under the impression that they made them.
bionicbadger:
I power my coin door lights with +5V from my computer power supply and I'm pretty sure they are 6V lights. They are plenty bright enough at 5V.
ErikRuud:
The issue is not really the Voltage.
It is about amps!
Most LEDS run on less than 3 volts. 5 Volt LEDs usually have built in resistor to drop the voltage.
You have to look at the amp rating for any lamps or leds that you want to hook to the IPac.
The micro-processor on the IPac can only handle 10ma. If you exceed that, you can harm your IPac, and possibly your motherboard.
Most super bright LEDs require 20ma. You need to use Oscar's Interface or Carsten's circuit
M-80:
--- Quote from: bionicbadger on May 06, 2003, 12:48:57 pm ---I power my coin door lights with +5V from my computer power supply and I'm pretty sure they are 6V lights. They are plenty bright enough at 5V.
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Yeah, but I don't plan on having my CP connected to my computer most of the time. I don't think a PS power cords are hot pluggable. I think I'll go with the driver dircuit and involve a dedicated wall power adapter, maybe one from RadioShack that's variable (4v, 6v, 12v, etc). I have one, but the plug ends are missing. :(
See, what I'm thinking is using the driver circuit, I'd connect that to an adapter power inlet that I'd mount on the back of the CP somewhere and attach the iPac to the modified driver circuit (modified to have a adapter inlet wire attached instead of a PS 4 pin power inlet like on hard drives) like shown on OSCAR's site, that way the CP wouldn't have to be connected to the computer's PS and the 6v lamps would get their 6v of power. :) I realize the computer's PS would work, but I don't want to turn off my computer in order to disconnect the USB to take my CP on the road with me. :) With that in mind I might as well make my CP a two player one. With the plan I've got going I'd disconnect the USB and turn off the CP's power with a switch on the adapter's wire or just unplug the adapter from the wall. That way the computer is still on, no rebooting or shutting down to disconnect. :)