Another keyboard mod?

[Roughhouse]

Well if you go with colored LED's I know at Jameco.com you can get them for about 20 cents apiece. That is where I have gotten all mine and haven't seen any issues. They use UPS for shipping. As for mounting them I would recomend mounting them as far from the key surface as possible. This will give you light a better chance to diffuse. Alos it might be a good idea, but time consuming to paint the inside of the keys white. This will help reflect extra light around inside the key.

[Outlaw]

Thanks for the link. 18 cents for a Red on that I think is 3mm.18cent Red LED

have to cut it short, got another interview.


BTW ++++++REP (only 1 time though, lol) Thanks again.

[Roughhouse]

actually that is a 5 mm. T 1-3/4 is 5 mm and T1 is 3 mm.

[Outlaw]

Thanks. I was wondering what that meant since it really didn't specify how they "sized" them. I donno if I just not looking hard enough or that I am looking too hard but all the white(clear) led's are 50+ cents a piece and the red ones are as low as 14 cents. Anybody know why the clears are so much more? I might have to change the coloring or swap the colors so I can keep the cost down. I don't feel like ordering 100+ leds at .50 a piece.

[Outlaw]

I tried the LED from one of my keyboards. I just removed the cover so the LED was exposed then it didn't light up when I hit the caps button to turn the light on. I tried using a 5v line directly to it, but it kinda pulsated and really did light up like I thought. The LED was still connected to the keyboard (the keyboard was not plugged in to the pc).

[Spawn-Inc]

interesting, i would just desolder, or cut if the leads are long enough, it and test it with the 5v line from a psu. if you have a free floppy power cable the led's tend to stick in the connector quit nicely.

[Outlaw]

Cool. I'll have to try it. Probably have to desolder since they aren't long enough. I do have a free floppy connector to use also (no floppy drive). Thanks

**update**
I was going through the wiki of LED suppliers and found THIS The red 3mm LED for 3cents caught my eye and I was wondering if the specs would be any good for my application? ...and same for the clear (Osram) LED right next to it (10cents a piece). BTW these are the ones 2nd row from the top and the first 2 from the left side. Thanks again.

[Spawn-Inc]

those are only 30-60 MCD, i would go with the 6000mcd one at 0.25 4th row down first one. and go with the 6000mcd white ones. you can always undervolt them should they be to bright.

[Outlaw]

Cool thanks. So I will probably be going with these for thewhite/clear ones and these for the red ones.


But just after doing that. I noticed the AU after the .com. Mother!!!!!! this sucks!

[Spawn-Inc]

assuming your going with 10 or more then its only .69 (white) and .54 (red) at super bright led's.

how many are you looking at getting? one for each key?