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Console Modding------ ( Here you can talk about your favorite Consoles ) => PC => Topic started by: godly.asian on April 08, 2007, 05:50:12 PM
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I am really fascinated about lights. I mean...if my chassis wasn't exploding with lights, I would have no use for it. I want to mod my keyboard now. It is a DELL make, and I want to put some blue LEDs in between the rows of the keys, so that when it turns on the keys have a glow beneath them. I prefer to use a surface-mount LED, if anyone could suggest something better that would be great. And also where I can get the best and cheapest ones.
Thanks and peaceoutz
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i am thinking of doing the same thing as u so far i have only changed the stock leds to blue using 3mm leds
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi16.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb16%2Flethal_b%2FImage048-1.jpg&hash=c2c4802b127c00cebdb4da6fc87f906dc5f7e74d)
i done it to my optical mouse as well
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi16.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb16%2Flethal_b%2FImage055.jpg&hash=04e8eb8c40a2592fd7ea121350510dd34f5eaff6)
think i will try to do the rest of the keyboard today
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k so i decided to give this a try on an old keyboard of mine its a vivanco clear green one and there is only 2 blue leds in there at the moment which lights up one part really nice will be putting more in today any will post a picture
here is what it looks like so far
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Thats awsome! Its better than paying $60 for a gaming one!
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nice, but where exactly can you get some rly cheap 3mm LEDs? I roughly need about 150, they don't have to be super bright, since all I am looking for is an under glow.
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try electronics goldmine
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they don't seem to have the color I am looking for(blue), but then what else would look good as an under glow on a black keyboard?
UPDATE: my keyboard
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi142.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr118%2Fsorenity%2FIMG_3264.jpg&hash=155a1b6b422595fc46730a52ba97f06ef72138cc)
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like a neon green? idk seems like you have a blue thing going on thow
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k i am done for today i might add some more leds i dont no yet but here is the end result hope u like
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi16.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb16%2Flethal_b%2FImage058.jpg&hash=94015a92c56988d25e315c28f351caf9007c6b36)
looks way better then in the pic ture and more dark but the cam is picking the bright spots up a so it looks a bit weird
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ho snap...once your done, can you show me the circuit board, or how you hooked it up, I have an idea but I don't kno if it will work.
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ho snap...once your done, can you show me the circuit board, or how you hooked it up, I have an idea but I don't kno if it will work.
sure yeah will take a picture 2moz for ya on how it was wired up
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nice, but where exactly can you get some rly cheap 3mm LEDs? I roughly need about 150, they don't have to be super bright, since all I am looking for is an under glow.
You could get those on ebay for less than $20. Why do you need 150? I don't think you need that many...
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I might need them for other projects too, cuz I want to do my keyboard and laptop..but I don't have a laptop yet.....
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I snaked some el a couple years ago on a keyboard when I lobbed off the keypad.
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check it...http://www.hackaday.com/2007/02/24/diy-fiber-backlit-keyboard/ (http://www.hackaday.com/2007/02/24/diy-fiber-backlit-keyboard/)
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hey thats cool and a good idea to us fiber optic cable
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Lol leds in keyboards, what will we think of next. Stick leds in a hamburger or ice cream so we can find it while we snack in the middle of the night.
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Lol leds in keyboards, what will we think of next. Stick leds in a hamburger or ice cream so we can find it while we snack in the middle of the night.
if you really wanted to yeah lol but leds in keyboards is old u can even buy keyboards with leds in the keys from shop or u could spen a grand and get a keyboard were every key has an oled display in the keys
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Its new to me lol but I really havent payed any attention to the pc modding board. Would it really cost a grand to stick leds under every key?
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not leds but but little screens here is a picture of the key board as u can see u program the keys so when u play a game only the game keys show up and so on and so forth
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmaddict.typepad.com%2Fphotos%2Funcategorized%2Foptimus_keyboard_1.jpg&hash=2a54684b0c581f31007a3ab6d7f64ef49ec86662)
thats one sweet keyboard would get one if i had the money
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^^ Holy crap, thats insane!! Id settle for this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823175103)...
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You guys should make a photo tutorial, or a video tutorial, I be it would get tons of hits on youtube! Let me know if your gonna do this
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not leds but but little screens here is a picture of the key board as u can see u program the keys so when u play a game only the game keys show up and so on and so forth
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmaddict.typepad.com%2Fphotos%2Funcategorized%2Foptimus_keyboard_1.jpg&hash=2a54684b0c581f31007a3ab6d7f64ef49ec86662)
thats one sweet keyboard would get one if i had the money
That keyboard is crazy llol. That'd be so cool
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the optimus keyboard is ace - could you use EL-Wire under the keys in a keyboard instead of LEDs and get an all over cosistant glow
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could give it a try but there is the case of were to put the inverter
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you can get very small inverter now so you could just find a empty crevis inside the keyboard and put it in their. all it would take would be a few holes drilled in the keyboard for wiring
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i didnt know you could mod keyboards lol
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The Optimus 10* is vaper.
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not leds but but little screens here is a picture of the key board as u can see u program the keys so when u play a game only the game keys show up and so on and so forth
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmaddict.typepad.com%2Fphotos%2Funcategorized%2Foptimus_keyboard_1.jpg&hash=2a54684b0c581f31007a3ab6d7f64ef49ec86662)
thats one sweet keyboard would get one if i had the money
who makes this and what is it called I MUST HAVE IT! :w00t:
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Read further up the topic and you will see its called the optimus
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who makes this and what is it called I MUST HAVE IT! :w00t:
i am so happy some one has a $1000 to spend on a keyboard that really made my day lol
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Some wooden keyboards go for thousands.
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i want that optumus keyboard...the 3 mini keyboard thing that has 3 displays is $160, imagine the cost of thise?
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i want that optumus keyboard...the 3 mini keyboard thing that has 3 displays is $160, imagine the cost of thise?
It's the biggest vaperware keyboard ever.
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no one said anything about me paying for it :winker: lol JK i wish i could get one of those
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It's the biggest vaperware keyboard ever.
i cant find the price on the site as its not released yet, but it will be alot...they have this 3 key thingy and its $200...imagine the cost of this?
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they say it will be about a 1000 dollars
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they say it will be about a 1000 dollars
!!!! there goes me buying one...maybe in a year or 2 it will drop alot once more companies start competing with this idea/technology
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according to wikipedia the price will be USD$1490.04 :faint:
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not leds but but little screens here is a picture of the key board as u can see u program the keys so when u play a game only the game keys show up and so on and so forth
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmaddict.typepad.com%2Fphotos%2Funcategorized%2Foptimus_keyboard_1.jpg&hash=2a54684b0c581f31007a3ab6d7f64ef49ec86662)
thats one sweet keyboard would get one if i had the money
The optimus keyboard has been CANCELLED. It was too expensive to produce. The company is now working on a version with black and white keys, instead of full color.
However, you are pwnt. My demonic keyboard loaded up with EL-Wire. The mod took about 10 minutes.
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.columbia.edu%2F%7Eahm89%2FPictures%2FDemonic%2520Keyboard-s.jpg&hash=2e809fd20edbee306adbae2cdf475719d4663a2e)
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sweet! :hifive:
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lol $1500 TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!
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it dont look canceled to me look at there site if it was they would have sed so
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/ (http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/)
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http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20061208123425.html
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/99343/the_optimus_keyboard_dead_in_the_water.html
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/30207/135/
just search for optimus keyboard cancelled on google...
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However, you are pwnt. My demonic keyboard loaded up with EL-Wire. The mod took about 10 minutes.
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.columbia.edu%2F%7Eahm89%2FPictures%2FDemonic%2520Keyboard-s.jpg&hash=2e809fd20edbee306adbae2cdf475719d4663a2e)
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now i want to do that with my keyboard
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o snap..that is O.O
man wish I could do that, how much did you spend on it? and what inverter did you get small enough to put into the keyboard, that didn't draw too much power from the USB Port
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After a few years of hype after hype after hype, the Optimus Maximus will drop at $1536 US late 4th quarter this year.
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All this talk about keyboards is making me feel cheap
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg338.imageshack.us%2Fimg338%2F5494%2Fimg0111qj6.jpg&hash=52096ca95796d5ac350a7d5afe73fd317ddf33ba)
my keyboards almost 14 years old
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All this talk about keyboards is making me feel cheap
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg338.imageshack.us%2Fimg338%2F5494%2Fimg0111qj6.jpg&hash=52096ca95796d5ac350a7d5afe73fd317ddf33ba)
my keyboards almost 14 years old
omg, i have the same one on my pc that has Windows 3 (and u can slide out the harddreive cuz its plugged in the front, slide in the other one it has and its windows 95)
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Yes... I've been watching the development of this keyboard since 2005.
This keyboard will be on the market in limited supply at first and will
cost US$ 1564 to start.
Hopefully the price will drop after a while so I could aford to get one.
Source: http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/
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o snap..that is O.O
man wish I could do that, how much did you spend on it? and what inverter did you get small enough to put into the keyboard, that didn't draw too much power from the USB Port
The El-Wire is powered off it's own 12v connection to the PSU. I don't remember the specs on the inverter, I just found one that would go from 12vdc to 120vac. I had a secondary power cord that came out of the keyboard, and I installed a plug for it onto the back of my pc.
As for space, this particular keyboard has a hollow palmrest. I just stuck it in there with some double sided 3m tape.
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hopefully the LCD keyboard will become cheaper than £200 in around 4 years, so i can buy one at uni!
:dribble: :dribble: :dribble: :dribble:
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what I think you can do is get like one of these:
http://www.thatscoolwire.com/store/item.asp?Category=168&SubCategoryID=107&GroupID=&SKU=1%2E5v%2D10%2D150cm
and instead of using a triple-A battery, you can just wire it up to your USB power. And just stick it like under the palm rest. Does it seem plausible?
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It's possible, but would require a conversion circuit. USB is 5VDC and you need 1.5VDC for the input of that inverter. The final hurtle would be calculating the number of amps that would be required and making sure that it doesn't exceed the 500mA supported by the USB bus.
It wasn't a big issue since my keyboard is wired. It's just another wire coming out of the keyboard to power the el-wire.
Anyway, I think it needs to be repeated that I no longer endorse using ElWire or internal non LED lighting solutions. The inverters themselves are just too unreliable. The need to convert from VDC to VAC is just far too inefficient. Use LED's.
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how the el wire actually work, does it pass an electric current through it, so that it lights up, and does it have to be a specific type of current?
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how the el wire actually work, does it pass an electric current through it, so that it lights up, and does it have to be a specific type of current?
Google El Wire, rather than asking here. this post is not a howto or explanation thread.
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Google El Wire, rather than asking here. this post is not a howto or explanation thread.
don't ya mean, this thread is not a how to or an explanation thread...It is just my asianess that has the correct the grammar..anyways..the first things I did when I saw the idea with el wire, was to google it. I found. http://www.elwire.com . but it didn't tell me exactly how it was connected, and the current being connected.
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yay i finished my keyboard :D (https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi25.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc99%2Fltspike%2FAcidmods%2FDSCN2552.jpg&hash=f4532b324f4e174bc9e548b45246e76fc28b47bc)
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Looks very bright! :)
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so u can put another light in ur mouse and it still work? i thought it had to have red in it.
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yay i finished my keyboard :D (https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi25.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fc99%2Fltspike%2FAcidmods%2FDSCN2552.jpg&hash=f4532b324f4e174bc9e548b45246e76fc28b47bc)
Is that a sheet of plexi stuck on there? If so, that a very interesting idea...
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it actually already had the plexi on it when i bought it
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so the optimus keyboard can now be pre order
take alook http://gadgets.qj.net/Optimus-Maximus-now-taking-pre-orders/pg/49/aid/93045 (http://gadgets.qj.net/Optimus-Maximus-now-taking-pre-orders/pg/49/aid/93045)
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All this talk about keyboards is making me feel cheap
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg338.imageshack.us%2Fimg338%2F5494%2Fimg0111qj6.jpg&hash=52096ca95796d5ac350a7d5afe73fd317ddf33ba)
my keyboards almost 14 years old
exactly the same keyboard i have... can affrd a new one lol
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ill take a pic of my keyboard later
but heres a pic of my mouse
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi179.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw287%2FTreaHuggs%2F102_0625.jpg&hash=89e1fa4e1417efb59bad08929f10326fb4a75f53)
HEre is my keyboard
(https://acidmods.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi179.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw287%2FTreaHuggs%2F102_0631.jpg&hash=4b1e718a113078a26304b0cf10b469fc15c61f28)
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hey could you make a key board that lights up every time you type a letter or number possibly a different collor for letters numbers and symbols
that would be awsome
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Congrats on Bumping a thread over a half a year old ¬.¬
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You should check out http://ellumiglow.com (http://ellumiglow.com) EL Wire Keyboards. They are perfect for what you are talking about.
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Really dude? DID U REALLY just bump a 2year old topic?
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that is funny two years, is he advertising, or did he just not realise? warning issued.
the site he posted has some cool stuff, but not for keyboards, I could see it used as rope lighting inside a xbox or something.
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i suppose