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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: method on May 07, 2006, 09:44:25 am
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I'm pretty new to this and had some questions bout running pushbuttons with LED's.
I'm probably gon go with a set of electric ice pushbuttons but the thing is i aint got a clue on how to run em, been lookin around and cant find anything clear enough to freakin understand, and what i wanted to know is to run these do you require any other bits and pieces to go along wit them? Like this for example http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73&products_id=240 (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=73&products_id=240).
And yeah this might seem like a stupid question and im sure it is but what would you's reccomend to power the LED's?
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This is where some knowledge will be useful. If you do not know what you are doing you could blow up your computer and I am just speaking for myself, but that would be a bad thing. A lot of us you's the voltage from a lead in the computer. LEDWiz will run them and it takes the voltage from the USB line. You could get a small power supply and run em with that. Or most simply use a 9 volt battery with 470ohm resistors. The resistance is dependant on the voltage and the LEDs them selves. Do a search on that topic. It has been discussed a number of times.
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rite thanks for that, ill probably pick up one of those LEDWiz, looks like it'll do the job
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