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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: lisowskikevin on March 07, 2015, 12:14:16 pm
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Hey there,
I have 4 LED Nova Gem coin lights that I want to light up in my cab. Everyone generally hacks into their computer power supply to get the juice to light up their LED's but can I power them through my IPAC?
Or maybe use a Groovy Game Gear Switching Power Supply?
Again it is just to light up 4 LED's, thats it. the Power Requirements are : 100ma @ 5v DC Per button.
Thanks for any help!
Kevin
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Everyone generally hacks into their computer power supply to get the juice to light up their LED's
That's because it's the easiest, least complicated way to do it. :cheers:
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Hey there,
I have 4 LED Nova Gem coin lights that I want to light up in my cab. Everyone generally hacks into their computer power supply to get the juice to light up their LED's but can I power them through my IPAC?
Or maybe use a Groovy Game Gear Switching Power Supply?
Again it is just to light up 4 LED's, thats it. the Power Requirements are : 100ma @ 5v DC Per button.
Thanks for any help!
Kevin
With 5v wall warts everywhere, it's way easier to put in a power supply just for the LED's. Not only that, but I've had to pull out my ipacs over the years to do maintenance (like wires that got loose, or adding a button, etc) and I'm glad I didn't have wires holding down some LED's. It really costs nothing to use an old wall charger from a old iphone or blackberry or whatever.
Good luck!
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Unless you have the Ultimate I/O (http://www.ultimarc.com/ipacuio.html) I dont think you will be able to. with an ipac. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
Actually I just looked at the pics on their site and in the middle of the i-pac I see 2 prongs that have 5v next to them. Guessing thats 5v out? Maybe try there but I was unable to find any docs supporting the output.
So do you just not have a power supply, or are you not sure what wires or how to splice them in, or just dont want to touch the power supply?
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Unless you have the Ultimate I/O (http://www.ultimarc.com/ipacuio.html) I dont think you will be able to. with an ipac. Someone correct me if I am wrong.
Actually I just looked at the pics on their site and in the middle of the i-pac I see 2 prongs that have 5v next to them. Guessing thats 5v out? Maybe try there but I was unable to find any docs supporting the output.
So do you just not have a power supply, or are you not sure what wires or how to splice them in, or just dont want to touch the power supply?
Actually I was just looking for the easiest way to do it. I actually have a power supply I bought from groovy game gear and I also have a usb power tap cable from them as well.
I just wanted to avoid opening up the computer power supply. I'll prob just use my power supply.
Thanks for your help though!
Kevin
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I dont remember needing to open anything. On my PC power supply I just snipped the Red and Black wires on the Molex connector. Then just attached them to the daisy chains to the buttons.
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What 05SRT4 said. You don't need to snip anything. Lew's suggestion is a good one, too.
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400mA is actually quite high for drawing from a USB device, so it would be best to use a PC power supply molex as already mentioned.
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400mA is actually quite high for drawing from a USB device, so it would be best to use a PC power supply molex as already mentioned.
ya that's the route I will definitely be going.
thanks everyone