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If you're making a portable you probably need something to watch it on. (Unless you want to guess what's happening in the game, but I wouldn't advise that) Anyway, this forum is your "Hacking a pocket TV/screen" one-stop solution. Share your experiences and knowledge here.

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Post by Gamelver »

depends on the LED specs and the source voltage :P. you COULD use a 10,000 ohm resistor.....for REALLY low current LEDs ;).
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Post by G-force »

The resistor value varies depending on your LED specs. You can't just use one resistor for any LED.

EDIT: Arrr...Ya beat me lver of games! :P
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 »

yeah i actually just heards abouyt chrono ressurection a couple days ago on the gp32x.com forums, it was in some guys sig. i signed the petition and it does look like one hell of a game if that game was releasedx i would easily pay 50$ for it
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Post by Kurt_ »

LED's I got

They're only 1000MCD, would that explain why I feel that they're so dim? Perhaps I should invest in some stronger LED's?

EDIT: I found ?)THIS nifty gadget! (Perhaps it should be in the sticky
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Post by CronoTriggerfan »

Well if you did the PS1 screen mod your LEDs will be dim no matter what. You can bypass that one circuit (forgot what one its in the book) but I think it makes it way too bright!

One more :?: I wired up my LED mod with the proper resistor :x FINALLY, but the solder won't stick to the ground spot. What should I do?
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scratch it with a knife
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ooo ok thanks :D Sorry one more ? I accidentally cut up the white tab on the wire off of the speaker. The port on the PS1 screen motherboard is still in tact, though. Should I just solder the wires to the leads?
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yeah all your doing is extending the wires right?
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no i already extended them im talking about the part of the original speaker wire that connects to the screen's motherboard... or is that what you mean by extending?
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if all you did was cut some wires, trhen soldering right to the leads should be fine
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k thanks :D sry if i was confusing
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