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whammoed:

--- Quote from: chiLLbiLLy on June 29, 2010, 07:43:47 pm --- I just wonder which might shine better through the red lense...a white or a red led.  Hmmmmmm.


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Using the same color led as the lens is almost always better.  White LEDs tend to wash out the color of whatever they are lighting.

Are you using these in a brightly lit room?  I would think anything brighter than stock would have an annoying glare.  In pictures/videos I've seen of these buttons they seem plenty bright...as in a nice glow.  Haven't had a chance to play around with the ones I have but may tonight.

chiLLbiLLy:

Well, believe it or not, I'm using them in a completely darkened room and whether I'm using them with or without having my other buttons lit up, they still seem way too dim.  But, the good thing about having easily removable stock LED's is that I can just simply wire up a superbright and stick it in there (there's just enough room to route the wires through the post holes) and then see how it looks.  I won't solder to the actual posts, until I'm sure it'll work.  Heck, I could probably get away with never soldering to the posts, but the led might bounce around or rattle in there, if I don't.

yo1dog:
I use this LED resistor calculator. It is quite helpful.

RayB:
You wired them in parallel right? not in series?

chiLLbiLLy:
Oh geez, now I'm doubting my wiring...even after reading tons of posts.  Anyway, here's how I've got them:

I've got 2 LED-Wiz boards.  The player 1 start volcano is wired to the 1st board and the player 2 start volcano is wired to the 2nd board.  For each of these, the resistor-laden wire is wired into the X5V port on the LED-Wiz and the other wire is screwed into a single empty port, also on the LED-Wiz.  Have I got this right?   ???

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