If you are referring to the diode in this diagram this is the LED (Light Emitting Diode).
Michael
I’m a tard. I just now realized it and tried to do a ninja edit but was too late. lol. I’ve been reading about electronics for the past few days and totally forgot about the LED and focused too much on reading the symbols in a general sense. I got intrigued with the switchless schematic with the NPN and diodes that I read the symbol as a traditional diode and not a LED. Sorry for my noobness.
i’m loving this mod. and its quite easy to do 
Yes. After figuring out what everything is and drawing a full schematic with all connections (I’m a hands on type person), it is easy. Now I just need to buy the parts.
:woot: and i trust the wiring will be as pretty as your other stuff 
mine looks horrid. i just tackle the project without any planning. maybe on my own stick ill try and make it look nice. 
Btw, info on OP and wiki are incorrect.
"Now with the LEDs prepped, wire the other end of the resistors to the outputs of the hex inverter (Pins 3,5,7,9,11,13) and the negative ends of the LEDs to Pin 14 (ground). Also, take the extra ground from your PCB and wire it to Pin 14 (ground) as well.
Here comes the hard part. You need to hook-up the non-ground wire of your buttons to the inputs of the hex inverter (Pins 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12). "
Should be:
"Now with the LEDs prepped, wire the other end of the resistors to the outputs of the hex inverter (Pins 2,4,6,8,10,12) and the negative ends of the LEDs to Pin 7 (ground). Also, take the extra ground from your PCB and wire it to Pin 7 (ground) as well.
Here comes the hard part. You need to hook-up the non-ground wire of your buttons to the inputs of the hex inverter (Pins 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13). "
Done. Funny how no one noticed til now o_O
the 5v from a ps3 board woudlnt be able to power both the p360 and the LEDs, huh?
Considering that the P360 needs all 5v of that, I’d say no. Wiring up a battery pack isn’t that hard. Battery holders are pretty cheap.
already picked up the battery pack; it’s not so much the cost; it’s the fact that my wiring looks terrible and i just shove everything in the case, so i’d like to have as little “extra stuff” as possible.
Well, what if you wired it up in a parallel circuit? That way 5V goes to both the P360 and the LED light board. I believe the Hex inverter functions the same way. That is why we need a resistor for each output pin for each LED.
finished it up on teh GF’s stick; put some pink LEDs to light under the feet also; they didn’t work as well as i’d hoped, but maybe i jsut need to mount them in a different direction.
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/7450/img0028vg1.jpg
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and video:
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Good job, Cicada. I’m so bummed. I went to both Frys and RadioShack and they didn’t have the hex inverter. Frys says they don’t carry ICs anymore yet they carry the sockets. RadioShack just don’t carry them. I wanted to bust out the breadboard tonight too.
Ting, I have a random question. Why did you originally go with 220 Ohm resistors? I punched in some numbers in an LED calculator for typical colored LEDs and the resistance came up as 180ohm.
I also punched in the numbers for 5mm bright white LEDs and came up with 68 ohms.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=3060980
which fry’s did you go to?
I went to the one in industry yesterday and that’s where i got all the inverters.
i actually bought all they had! 
there were about 6 of 'em. the one in industry sells all kinds of that crap; im sure they have something similar.
I went to the Fountain Valley one. The guy there said they used to stock a shitload of NTE ICs. Now they discontinued stock. I’m gonna hit up the Anaheim one and a local electronics store and see if they have any. I doubt it though. How much were the ones you bought?
89 cents each for the inverters and 95 cents for the resistors (6 per).
if you absolutely cant find one; hit me up, i might be able to mail you one sometime next week, if there are any left building a few more sticks this weekend (at least 2 of those sticks are for me) and ill be doing this to them
@Cicada: nice work and ql music in the video 
did you adjust the resistor? Seems for me that the brightness is quite enough with 220ohm. Next time RGB led action?
I believe it was a number that Toodles recommended. I’m not really sure =P
I’ve never had any luck at the Industry Frys. I bought 2 at the Fountain Valley Frys and the last one at the Burbank Frys. If all else fails, you guys can just go to Newark.com and buy them from there. There isn’t a minimum purchase and whatnot.
The value of the resistor doesn’t have to be spot on an exact value for leds. It is just there to limit current passing through it so that it doesn’t burn up. Lower ohm resistors will give brighter light output while higher ones will give less output but conserve more power. Think of them as having a range of useable resistor values instead of a specific one.
Could you guys please PLEASE consider consolidating this info onto the wiki? Please?
I don’t trust the search engine on these forums. I really want to get reference material into a format that is browseable and searchable.