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Johnny 5 and LedWiz
mahuti:
To sum up Jukeman's comments...
he doesn't like using RGB leds himself.
tv's are black when they're turned off
sometimes printers use "RICH BLACK" c+m+y+k
putting a black plastic cap over a led will make the color black.
I think what we should get out of this is that we should swap our white buttons for black whenever we want to use the color "black." Randy, can you build some sort of button that flips inside a control panel from white to black when it gets a signal from the ledwiz? Perfect.
OK, now... like arzoo said... can I create my own colors.ini?
Howard_Casto:
yup... it's included in the data section with a sample game. Just find the controls.ini entry for the game, copy it over and replace the caption with a r,g,b value.
This whole led color discussion is moot btw... what you a jukeman are forgetting is that the button, not the led is the thing we wish to color. No matter how kind of do-kickey we put on the led itself, the button will be white when it is turned off. Even if you aren't using it with a button, a diffusor is needed to blend the colors properly. It's nearly impossible to make a black diffusor that will work well. It isn't totally impossible, just nearly. it's be hard to get white and yellow by shining through a black object.
The only way (that I know of) to generate black is to fill an object with liquid quartz and make it into a giant lcd. Run current through it and it turns black. Unfortuantely it would be nearly impossible to make such an item in the shape of a button.
Since no one has complained about the beta, I will repackage it as the "official" j5 build later this weekend.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 10, 2006, 11:30:12 pm ---The only way (that I know of) to generate black is to fill an object with liquid quartz and make it into a giant lcd. Run current through it and it turns black. Unfortuantely it would be nearly impossible to make such an item in the shape of a button.
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Except for those Russian keyboard manufacturers. . . 8)
Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: Tiger-Heli on October 14, 2006, 06:05:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on October 10, 2006, 11:30:12 pm ---The only way (that I know of) to generate black is to fill an object with liquid quartz and make it into a giant lcd. Run current through it and it turns black. Unfortuantely it would be nearly impossible to make such an item in the shape of a button.
--- End quote ---
Except for those Russian keyboard manufacturers. . . 8)
--- End quote ---
If you are talking about that keyboard with the little lcd displays in them, the button isn't an lcd, rather the little screen inside it is. Keyboard keys are square too. In order for it to look right the entire arcade button (not just the top or a disc inside) would have to be quartzified, which would be hard to say the least.
loadman:
Does this post need to be sticky anymore? :dunno
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