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Offline cyberpunk

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12 LEDS in a SLIM
« on: April 02, 2008, 04:13:40 PM »
I am going to put 12 LEDS in my friends SLIM and I want to wire them to the wi-fi switch to turn them on and off. 

None of the LEDS will be sound reactive.

4 in the d-pad
4 in the buttons
2 in the triggers
2 for the UMD jewel

My question is this:

I need to bridge the two left pins of the wi-fi switch, and do I wire the negative ends of the LEDS to the far right pin where the blue wire is soldered to in this picture?



And then do I wire the positive ends of the LEDS to the 5V point in this picture?



Last question and I know this is asked all the time, but I can't find an answer and I'm too technically challenged to use the LED calculator:

Do I need a resistor? (I will be using all blue LEDS)

Thanks in advance.  You guys are the best.



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Re: 12 LEDS in a SLIM
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2008, 05:41:36 PM »
yes yes and yes =] i believe blue leds dont need resisters but i still wouldn't trust putting them straight to 5v. just get 1 10ohm and series them. i also know that they heat up and burn out quicker when you wire  them straight to the 5v without a resister. so let me fix my answer. yes yes and 10ohm

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Re: 12 LEDS in a SLIM
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2008, 07:06:13 PM »
You gotta post some pics when you are done!!!

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Re: 12 LEDS in a SLIM
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2008, 11:24:48 PM »
dude need leds in the dual analog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tup:

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Re: 12 LEDS in a SLIM
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2008, 10:09:00 AM »
Thanks guys!

Will def post some pics when it is done.  I dyed the trim black and have a black custom jewel from Neubit that I'll be putting in there, so it should look pretty hot.

I'm also going to attempt to dye the yellow power socket black (got a spare one just in case it doesn't work out.

I swapped the power/wi-fi and mem stick leds out with blue as well (although I still can't figure out why the mem stick LED stays on all the time, even when the PSP is turned off.

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Re: 12 LEDS in a SLIM
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2008, 04:13:30 PM »
hmm im telling you something is touching that led maybe a resister. just resolder it or make sure none of the metal is touching around its just constantly grounding

 

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