Can it be?
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Yes.
Can it be?
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Yes.
Can it be?
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Yes.
It is all same.
Do you desolder the VCC and Ground?
If you do, then how is your Arcade Stick going to work?
The USB Device needs to have current flowing to work. :sad:
The Power and Ground for the LED are tapped from VCC and Ground of USB.
When using one Resistor and four LED, that would be a Series.
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But that will not work for your setup.
A USB Arcade Stick only works through +5V.
Let us say each of your LED has Forward Voltage of +3V.
To wire four of those LED in Series, you will need a source of at least +12V.
Because in a Series Circuit, the Current is the same through all the components.
Remember that the USB Device is only +5V.
The Series LED will require +12V.
How you will do that?
You cannot.
You will not be able to work your LED Series with a USB.
If you use an external source, say a battery pack or wall jack, you can power your LED.
I don’t think you would like to have a +12V battery pack or other just to light up your Arcade Stick.
You want the Arcade Stick to light up when you plug your Arcade Stick into the Console.
What you have to do is wire up the LED in Parallel.
Each LED requiring its own Resistor.
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In a Parallel Circuit, the Voltage is the same through all the Components.