Adding LED's To This Pad Plan

Purplemalk · Basic Member Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Location: Casselberry, FL

http://home.comcast.net/~stoli16/ddr/

Ok, I've decided to build a home pad using these plans. I'm thinking about diamond Plating instead of chroming just for the fun of it. Question though. How can I hook it up with LEDs? I've seen links to pads with LED's. But They're all dead. If anyone has recommendations on how to make this work it would be much appreciated! If you have a link to making it work that works too. I was considering wiring them into the circuits for the buttons. But I don't know if the PS2 or my PC Using a super dual box could power the leds and still read the pad acurately (sp?) Anyways, Thanks ahead of time for any help.
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Ravenwing · Trick Member Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Location: Leavenworth, KS

If you mean putting the LEDs under the arrows so they light up, I'm pretty sure you can't do that with this particular design, mainly because there is absolutely -no- space where a light could fit. You'd have to go with a design like Riptide's.
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Purplemalk · Basic Member Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Location: Casselberry, FL

I wonder if I could use a little bit thicker lexan and make a groove along the edges of the plastic and put some http://www.xoxide.com/elwire.html in the groove. I'm thinkin' it could work, but I would have to figure out a way to power it and make it light on stepping.

Edit: Come to think of it, Since I get a good length, maybe I could even sandwich it between the plastic and border the arrows with it. But there's still the triggering system to figure out.
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