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Franco B:

--- Quote from: RandyT on September 11, 2008, 11:05:18 am ---
--- Quote from: Franco B on September 11, 2008, 08:46:53 am ---As for voltage, the LED-Wiz can only handle 5v devices...

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I don't want to sidetrack the discussion, but I need to make a quick clarification on that one.  The 5v limit was a "soft" one.  The drivers on the LED-Wiz will handle up to 50v at 500ma per output.  The latest LED-Wiz boards also allow for a separate connection to each of the internal diodes of the driver chips.  This means that the LED-Wiz can handle up to 4 different voltages, even while driving inductive loads.

RandyT

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Wow, thanks for that. I would have gotten a 4th LED Wiz, if I had know that. Heck I may get one anyway. Is it ok to use cold cathodes at various intensities?
RandyT:

--- Quote from: Franco B on September 11, 2008, 11:31:14 am ---Is it ok to use cold cathodes at various intensities?

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I doubt that it would be a good idea to try modulating the inverters. 

RandyT
moose:
So LEDWiz has an atomicfe plugin, that's good for me 'cuz mala's giving me headaches. And I'll be able to configure it to turn on at the start of a game (no keypressings) and off at the end? Is it a real chore or fairly straightforward?
arzoo:

--- Quote from: moose on September 12, 2008, 05:48:59 am ---So LEDWiz has an atomicfe plugin, that's good for me 'cuz mala's giving me headaches. And I'll be able to configure it to turn on at the start of a game (no keypressings) and off at the end? Is it a real chore or fairly straightforward?

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Yes - LEDBlinky will turn on the buttons used for each game and then off when you quit the game, but this only works for MAME. For other emulators, you'll need to manually configure which buttons should light up.

As for how straightforward it is to configure LEDBlinky - you'll probably get a different answer from each user :). Basically you need to do two things - First define how your LED's are wired to the LED controller (which ports) and what Keycode is assigned to each (this is your DevicePortInput map). Second you'll use the config app to choose which options you want to use (game start, speech, animations, etc.). I tried to provide extensive documentation and you can always ask questions on this forum.
TheShanMan:

--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on September 10, 2008, 11:44:48 pm ---No, you need a Pac-drive or LEDwiz.

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Wrong. An IPAC is supposedly able to do it as a caps/scroll/num lock led. How well it can do it I don't know - never tried.
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