toodles your pretty epic bro…I cant wait to get this mod done with toodles inspired products
Help would be much appreciated!!!
Please bare with me… I’m going to explain in detail how I’ve done the mod. The problem is, the LEDS are too dim.
- 2 x 3mm LEDS per button in an SE Fightstick.
- The LEDS are wired as such HEX -> 56ohms -> Anode LED 1 -> Cathode of LED 1 soldered to Anode of LED 2 -> Wire from Cathode of LED 2 to ground lug of pushbutton via solderless method
- The signal wire from the HEX is hooked up to the signal lug of the pushbutton via solderless method.
- The HEX on perfboard is hooked up to the 5V and GND of the USB cable.
When I take an LED tester and test the pairs of LEDS as hooked up (Cathode LED 1 soldered to Anode LED 2) the LEDS are much brighter.
PLEASE… WHOEVER CAN HELP FIND THE CAUSE OF THE DIM LEDS CHIME IN! Thanks…
You are soldering your LED in Series.
So the Current is split between each LED.
Do your LED in Parallel.
And use different LEDs.
For the wiring inside my TE stick as far as a padhack as well as up to a chimp and widget board, what gauge wiring is recommended and should I use stranded or non? I want to use the best/correct wiring to reduce having anything blow out or get damaged…
Stranded, stranded, stranded, times 1000. Solid core will only give you pain and misery by breaking off, and will stay in its shape, never to be cleaned up. At least 22-24 gauge. Higher is up to preference, but if you can’t work with thin wire, there’s no point in going thinner. Higher will work better for putting LEDs into buttons. Or you can just have the annode and cathode sticking out, they’re quite thin. Runs the risk of a short circuit, though. Having exposed metal and all.
I’ve been using 22 awg stranded for years with no ill effect. For me it’s the perfect balance between flexibility and not easily breaking if you tug on it a bit.
excellent thanks guys, I’m going to go with 22 stranded…seems like the play.
After using 30 gauge Kynar on this last project, I may agree…
i found using the wire that comes from IDE ribbon cable to be pretty useful…
has anyone found a good place to hot glue the LEDs to as far as the buttons are concerned? Is there an ideal place? I’m not interested in drilling into my buttons
Nerrage just glue the LED to side of Button.
You can do what TingBoy did and just put the LED inside Button.
The leads of Button will just go out of the little squares on side of Button.
what effect does the yellow PCB have for reflecting the white light?
On/Off switch placement
I am planning to use Toodles FGWidget LED Controller Kit for my mod. I have 2 leds in each pushbutton. I have eight pushbuttons so that makes 16 Leds. I am wanting to incorporate a single pole single throw (SPST) switch to turn the LED on and off. Where do I place the switch and how am I suppose to wire it up? I am assuming ground on the SPST switch will go to the ground on my FGWidget LED Controller Kit. And the positive end of the SPST switch will go to the Vcc on the FG Widget. Can someone also verify if a SPST switch is the right switch for my application. Thank!!!
Since the LED is less than 180 degrees emission, none.
Have you read the welcome sheet for the LED Controller? With the tournament mode (hold all three kicks when plugging in), everything gets disabled, and sets itself to using almost 0 power. Not only are LEDs turned off, but the microcontroller goes into hibernation as well, and nothing will turn it back on until you plug it in again the same way (all three kicks held) or do a systemwide reset (all three punches held). I put this in pretty much entirely to remove the need for a large on/off switch like that. There’s no need to drill a hole for the SPST since the capability is already built in to the FGW LED Controller
Thanks Toodles. This makes life easier. I have not read the welcome sheet. I ordered the LED controller but haven’t received it yet. I wasn’t sure if there was an on/off activation on the LED controller when I ordered from Lizard Lick. Thanks again!
What size drill bit should I use for 3mm LED lights. I’m thinking 1/8th inch drill bit. But 3mm (0.118 in) is actually smaller than 1/8th (0.125 in). Kaytrim’s Kustoms said he uses a 1/8th inch drill bit but he also mentions using glue. Is there an alternative drill bit or any other alternative methods so I don’t have to use glue. The link to Kaytrim’s Kustoms is: http://shoryuken.com/f177/light-up-activation-button-mod-tutorial-149015/index4.html. This is my first fightstick mod. I wanted to be sure of what I’m doing before I drill away. I don’t have any spare pushbuttons laying around.
I don’t have any alternatives to hot glue, but here is a drawing on how one LED is installed. 1/8 drill will allow the top part of LED to go in and the rim will prevent it from falling in. I actually used a dremel, which is 1/8 inch for all attachments.
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/rtdzign/Misc/LED_install.jpg
I used this bit that came with my dremmel, It is the same size as the 1/8 drill bit that came with my dremel, but I liked the sharper tip shape of this bit better.
http://mdm.boschwebservices.com/MDMCache/English%20[US]/t06/0000000/r00076v1.jpg
Kick ass little av you got there ritdzign. 