NES LED controller mod How to-- EASY!-- pic. warning

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:36 pm

OK so heres how yous go about modding a LED into your NES controller. Its easy, and heres all you need:

Soldering iron
solder
a LED of your favorite color

needle nose pliers, or something to cut the case with.
a screwdriver.

First, take your NES controller, and flip it over.

Unscrew the screws, and look at the board, specificaly at this area:

the positive lead of thee LED goes in the right, and Negative in the left.
solder that in, and It should work.

Solder it in. Then lie the board back in place.
Take your needle nose pliers, or whatever, and cut a small hole around the LED, so the light sticks out of the top.
screw it back together now.
( NOTE, with some led mods I did, I was un- able to screw in the screw near the LED. If you cant, just leave it or use some superglue)

Then hook it up, turn the power on and..

Questions or comments? Try it out!

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:36 pm

good work!! very nice!

i found the spot on n64 control so i might take some pics later!

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:42 pm

put LEDs next to the buttons, and put them on the buttons lines, so when you push A for instance, the LED next to it lights up.

Or, resin cast new controls, only with translucent resin, drill out holes, and put in small LEDs.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:44 pm

thats a good idea!

N Rage64 · Post by **N Rage64** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:31 pm

wow sweet how do you do that on other controllers like a ps2 or a snes

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 7:17 pm

N Rage64 wrote:wow sweet how do you do that on other controllers like a ps2 or a snes

I dunno, I should rip one apart

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:00 pm

I've always hated this question at these forums...but, why do the mod?

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:02 pm

Lucretius wrote:I've always hated this question at these forums...but, why do the mod?

I like it

I just think it looks cool to me

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:06 pm

That's cool!

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:28 pm

bioniclebert wrote:
N Rage64 wrote:wow sweet how do you do that on other controllers like a ps2 or a snes
I dunno, I should rip one apart

It's easy on any controller(for any system), just hook an LED to the power and ground lines, and use a resistor if needed.

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:29 pm

nos_slived wrote:
bioniclebert wrote:
N Rage64 wrote:wow sweet how do you do that on other controllers like a ps2 or a snes
I dunno, I should rip one apart
It's easy on any controller(for any system), just hook an LED to the power and ground lines, and use a resistor if needed.

yeah thats all I did

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:31 am

what voltage do ps2 conrollers have?

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:18 am

*o* wrote:what voltage do ps2 conrollers have?

i dunno, I havent tested one yet.
the nes, SNES, and xbox have +5 volts, so Im willing to say that the PS2 has a high chance of having +5v

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:27 am

http://pinouts.ru/data/playstation_9_pinout.shtml

According to pinouts.ru, the PSX controller uses 9v...

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:30 am

bicostp wrote:http://pinouts.ru/data/playstation_9_pinout.shtml

According to pinouts.ru, the PSX controller uses 9v...

Yeah like im putting in a 7805 regulator and a fan/cooling thing In for a LED....