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Console Modding------ ( Here you can talk about your favorite Consoles ) => PSP's => PSP Phat (1000) => Topic started by: filipinofryrice on December 20, 2008, 08:41:08 PM
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Hey,
I was wondering if someone would be able to show me how to make my led lights wifi switch enabled. Also I've seen jumbos picture I think but do I have to completely take apart my psp? and if so just use the one in the tutorial section? I'm a complete noob to hardware mods and led installation so can someone also please tell me what I need other than the 0603 led lights (I have blue coming in the mail), solder, soldering iron, 30 gauge wire. Sorry for all the questions.
Rice
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You have all the supplies. First you need to bridge the wifi switch. Then solder the - of the LEDs to the wifi switch. The + goes to your powerboard.
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All resources in the tutorial section are usable... Atleast most of them. You have all basic supplies but in my experience, there are a lot of other basic tools that will help you dramatically. Some of these include: Flux, helping hands, hot glue, electrical tape, tweezers, etc. Of course, you won't need all of that, but definitely get flux... Jumbo still won't stop teasing me about that lmao.
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What exactly does flux do?
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What exactly does flux do?
Acts like a glue when soldering, and holds onto the solder.
I'd also suggest it, as I've been modding without it, and at times its really irritating.
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flux applied to surfaces that are to be joined by soldering; flux cleans the surfaces and results in a better bond. found that on google
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Thanks all right cool just waiting on the leds in the mail. Do i need a resistor or anything for the wifi switch or do i just have to do what was posted above?
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depends how many you use.
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If you follow the tutorial it should be fine. However, if you do direct connect, I've heard that a 10 ohm resistor is not sufficient and some modders have even went up to an 100 ohm resistor.
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I'm looking to use about 8-10 blue 0603 Led's in it if that helps.
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No you do not need resistors for blue, especially 8-10. :tup:
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If he's wiring them in parallel, it doesn't matter how many leds he has - the voltage is still the same as the output, isn't it?
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Yes the voltage is the same either way
But the more leds he uses the dimmer they will get, because the power needs to be evenly distributed to more leds
You usually never need resistors for blue anyway...unless you are using 5v (from 5v on mobo)
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The powerboard gives off 5 Volt in phat.
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Are you serious?
Thought it was 3.6v
(https://www.acidmods.com/JR/WiKi/TriggerMod/TriggerMod.jpg)
https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=18429.0 (https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=18429.0)
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Im serious, 5.14 volts is what i get.
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Hmm..I got 4.83v
You were right.
That tutorial is wrong
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Lol on my slim it's supposed to be 5v but I get 5.41... (Yes Jumbo, I CAN use a multimeter!!!! Although I just broke it...)
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Lol on my slim it's supposed to be 5v but I get 5.41... (Yes Jumbo, I CAN use a multimeter!!!! Although I just broke it...)
Yeah the people that make the tuts round it.
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Hey, I got everything and wired the triggers up (trying to get this to work before i do the umd door) So i wired to the ground to the wifi switch and bridged the closer two things and have the positive coming from the right below the /_\, O, X, and []. I'll attatch a rough picture of how i have it wired and possibly how i should have it wired? because whenever the battery is in the psp the lights turn on. I think the possible picture is how I should have it wired. I just don't want to rewire the leds yet until I know it's right because I've burned out too many leds. Thanks.
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi293.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fmm47%2Ffilipinofryrice%2Funtitled.jpg&hash=1e596a8fdd7fa8469030b6214cc4a09fdbdae97f)
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I think your first picture is correct. First pic is parallel, second pic is series. Don't think the psp has enough voltage for series.
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Well that's what I have but the leds are all ways on when the battery is in. I used the picture Jumbo posted up on someone previously asking about having the leds wifi enabled. In that picture the closer two are connected and the single one is where the ground one is soldered to. Any ideas?
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Ended up breaking my LCD last night. I'm going to order a new one when I get back from Arizona. So can anyone help me with the wifi switch to turn on and off the leds?...
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Okay so these are wired in parallel, and they're just solid on, not sound reactive right? Does the switch seem to do anything at all to your leds, or even when you switch it nothing happens? I don't really deal with phats so maybe you should wait til Jumbo reads this or something.
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You did bridge the 2 pins that are closest and using the bottom one as the ground (AKA -) right?
Time to break out the new camera. Give me a minute ill take a pic
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Here we go
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi278.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fkk99%2Fgotjumbo922%2FDSC00060copy.png&hash=4deb9c7978d6cb58f57ccd244f4a9596d329463d)
Or look here i posted link because its huge but tis better quality and you can see more :winker:
http://i42.tinypic.com/wuqcnk.png (http://i42.tinypic.com/wuqcnk.png)
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@bustinthejustin
The switch doesn't effect them at all... And they're not sound reactive or anything just on and off.
@Jumbo
Yep I bridged the two pins with solder and magnet wire just like your paint picture of it. Also, I put the negative there but the switch still does nothing. The lights stay on as long at the battery is in.
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Hey guys,
I hope this question is in the right spot. It is a LED question and your title doesn't state which type of LED mod, so instead of making a new thread I decided to post here...
This is REALLY noob but for the power LED. I want to swap it. But as you know it has 3 solder pads...Now I have soldered the LED to the bottom two. It was working fine and then all of a sudden stopped. So I joined the top soldering pad with the middle one and it works but its very weak. To which pads am I supposed to solder the LED to.
I apologize for my noobieness, I haven't much had time to play around with it. :S
Max
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1 - 3 and 2 - 3 from top to bottom
as shown by the traces you will need 2 led's one for charge and one for power. 1 - 3 = power, 2 - 3 = charge.
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi337.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fn384%2FALien_X_2008%2Fpwrbrd_front.png&hash=88e71cd9e99b98967236c4f494f19f2d4e47cbd9)
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Oh man, thats going to be hard. So basically I will have to share the middle pad. Bottom half of it for the charge LED and the top half for the power LED ? What the hell am I saying, that won't work...will it ? How should I do this. I have 0603 SMD LED's....
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no you swap them like this (if you can see)
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg221%2FGhoSt-Death%2FDSCN2158.png&hash=38fd914be030e8b7a4d40684fd44d8d30fa1968b)
Charge led is put on the bottom two pads top one is negitive, the power led's positive is soldered to some wire which is attached to the bottom +3.6v plane somewhere and the negitive to the highest pad. (sorry thats a mouthful)
another pic to explain how it fits.
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi249.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fgg221%2FGhoSt-Death%2FDSCN2159.png&hash=e97888e6eb616bf4a63aa86e064824b02d9e3c30)
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Yeah I remember seeing this, somewhere. But I though it was some other mod for something else and THANK YOU for telling me which pad is negative lol. Its been driving me crazy. Also for the other LED's which pad is negative and positive? and on my LED's I have a green mark on the bottom of them, does that indicate the - or + side ?
Thank you again, really appreciated
Max
:tup:
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can you post the back pic of this one..
and can you make it bigger the part where you solder it :beg:
thanks!!
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yea that pic was for another mod I did, but it shows what needs to be shown.
Green stripe should indicate the negitive side.
@atomicareprise:
Sorry im overseas and cant post any pics atm. I just soldered that wire through hole to that big bottom 3.6v plane on the right most hole you can see in that pic.
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Anyone know what I'm doing wrong with my leds? Followed exactly what Jumbo said but they aren't responding to the switch at all. I got a new LCD because my old one broke and just installed it last night. Any help appreciated..
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You sure you didn't accidentally bridge the ground pin on the switch with the other switches too? Or, (I'm not sure if phat switches are half metal but slims are) if you blobbed too much solder and connected to the metal part with one or more pins, it will also cause the switch to always be on. This happened on my slim but it may be different on the phat. Also, check all connections, check for shorts, etc.
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That's probably why... Yea I blobbed a good amount on it. So I can't touch the switch part of it at all? I just put solder on it to go up and it touched the switch a little. Once I get back from my trip I'll try again and see if it works then.
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I don't think so. Even if you DO touch the switch, make sure it's not metal and if it IS metal, then I think you're still okay if only one of the two sides (the ground you're using for your led, or the two wifi pins) touch the switch. I had this problem before where my switch had no effect at all on my amp. Turns out I blobbed way too much solder on it.