Controller mod

Ragnarok · Post by **Ragnarok** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:05 pm

Hello, I need some help with this mod, I wanted to had a bright white LED on a dreamcast controller, located in the VMU window, so I can see the VMU screen clearer, it's a preety cool idea, since sometimes I wanna see the info on the VMU and I can't, being that there isn't enough light in the room or I simply want to play with the lights out, so, I need to know where on the PCB can I solder the LED, I haven't opened it yet, I figured I'd place this post here before anything.

THON · Post by **THON** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:11 pm

http://devcast.dcemulation.com/mods/vmuled/vmu.php

Ragnarok · Post by **Ragnarok** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:16 pm

I meant in the controller not the VMU, imagine a VMUless Contoller, and it has a LED on the window where you can see the VMU (although in this example there isn't a VMU) that is what I meant, I'm going to look aroud that site you gave me

THON · Post by **THON** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:36 pm

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Do you just want an LED sticking out of the controller in front of the VMU?

Ragnarok · Post by **Ragnarok** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:52 pm

yep that's right, lighting the screen, like a lamp lighting a book

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ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:54 pm

Best way:

Find the 2 wires coming from the dreamcast to the controller that are ground and voltage in.
drill hole where you want the led
hotglue led in place, after having soldered 2 wires to it.
Connect the ground wire to a switch.
drill hole for switch
mount switch
Attach switch's wire to ground in
attach + voltage to led

win.

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Ragnarok · Post by **Ragnarok** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:05 pm

Thx a buch

I'll get on it as soon as I get a white LED, I might try to connect one of the LEDs I have lying around, just to see and later replace it with a white LED ^^

THON · Post by **THON** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:50 pm

Ragnarok wrote:Thx a buch I'll get on it as soon as I get a white LED, I might try to connect one of the LEDs I have lying around, just to see and later replace it with a white LED ^^

White LED's consume a considerable more amount of power than red LED's. You should look online to see if you're going to need a resistor or not.

Ragnarok · Post by **Ragnarok** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:30 pm

THON wrote:
Ragnarok wrote:Thx a buch I'll get on it as soon as I get a white LED, I might try to connect one of the LEDs I have lying around, just to see and later replace it with a white LED ^^
White LED's consume a considerable more amount of power than red LED's. You should look online to see if you're going to need a resistor or not.

Yeah I'll check on that.