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Replacing X-Arcade Buttons With LED Buttons
garnerb350:
--- Quote from: Beretta on July 22, 2009, 02:23:11 pm ---thanks for clearing that up, with the price of the novagem is sounds like the electic blue is the way the go.
i wanna put RGB on my 2nd project.. anyway grovygamer also sells lenses you put in to diffuse the light.. are those really necessary to get it glowing good?
lit buttons get expensive quickly i was thinking of getting just the RGB and do the wiring my self they also sell it with a board that will snap right on.. would save time but also cost 2 bucks more.
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Yeah I was wanting to do the same, but after doing the math...I've got to go cheap!!!...
I figured I would do red leds for the pushbuttons, and do white for the trackball...I heard that you can take regular pushbuttons ( except black) and take a 3/16 drill bit and drill the holes to insert LEDS into the pushbutton ( which is what i am going to do with the Player1/2 buttons)...
Those lenses you are refering to are diffusers...I think that the sole purpose of those are for the Happs translucent pushbuttons...With the Electric Ice and NovaGems, I dont think you would need the diffusers....
Beretta:
cool looks like i'll need 38 buttons for my 2nd project so not buying those lenses will save about 12 bucks.
as for regular push buttons are you saying you can light up regular buttons with a led?
the plastic looks pretty sold and thick.. would think you'ed need A LOT of light to get anything though'em.
garnerb350:
Do a search, because I am not "exactly" sure...( i'm trying to use common sense :banghead:) but I guess if you take a white led...it could make the pushbuttons glow (not as bright)....but i know it wont work on black pushbuttons... I could be wrong, but I swore i thought i read it somewhere....
here is a link to the info about drilling ....http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Lighting_Microswitch_Buttons
njay:
well if anyone from the netherlands here want to share shipping and import costs?
lol
well im going to egypte in a few days so i will order when im back from ggg
another question:
does anyone have the dimensions of the x-arcade dual? or the CAD drawing , scott from mamemarquees.com is willing to cut out a new overlay panel for me if he has those.
--- Quote from: dafelandry on July 22, 2009, 10:45:12 am ---right on! Very good post! I want to LED mine and possibly gut it....or i wouldnt mind changing the panel on it... kinda sick of staring at that X (now to find that post)
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dude i just mailed x-arcade for the cad drawing or dimensions if we get them we both can ask scott to make us a cpo overlay for our dual x-arcade
Kman-Sweden:
--- Quote from: garnerb350 on July 21, 2009, 10:07:50 am ---
--- Quote from: Kman_Sweden on July 21, 2009, 08:41:26 am ---I replaced mine with RGB LED's. Have a look using the link I have to my Arcade PC, here below.
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Kman, you got the Electric Ice w/ the RGB right?
Did you replace the side ones (pushbuttons)also?
See I am thinking of doing the same and also having the trackball to light up...
But I was told that i would probley have to get 2 led wiz...
When you hooked up yours, did you use all the hookups or did you have any to spare ( on the led-wiz)?
What was the total list that you got from Randy?
(on a side note, thanks Kman...your tutorial on keyboard hacking helped me out alot!)
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Nice to hear that I could help. I only bought one ledwiz and with RGB-LEDs You need 3 ports for every button. So I connected player1's and player2's buttons in pairs so that the ledwiz light up both players buttons at the same time... Could you follow that? :)
By doing so i could light up the mouse and pinball buttons (also in pairs)... I'm gonna order a second one when I build my own CP.
16 player buttons in pairs = 8 buttons connected + 4 mouse/pinball buttons in pairs = 2 buttons connected = 10 buttons in total.
10 buttons * 3 colors = 30 ports used, so I actually have 2 ports to spare (2 one color LED's).
Oh and by the way.. I power it from a usb port... no 5V power hacks needed.