mayhem
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Lighting a PC is a complex task at best. First you have to think of the colour you would like it, then you have to think how to place the lights and then to top that all off you will have to hide all the wires.
Why oh why is it so complex or does it really need to be.
Stuff the single LED's placed all over the case with all the extra wiring. Why not go with 1 light only.
Stuff the choosing the colour why not have them all. Fancy lighting effects not a problem.
I introduce to the Remote SMD Lighting strip all you LED Lighting solved in 1 little envelope
from Hong Kong.
The RGB Lighting Strip runs from 12 Volts and can run anything from a 15cm strip right up to 15 meters to light up a whole room if you like but that might be just a little over kill for a PC. The RGB Led Light strip I have is 30 Cm long which will do for inside of a case or in my case lighting of a Control panel for a Arcade system, I am working on.
The Kit comes with the following Items
1 x 30 SMD RGB Strip Light
1 x Remote Control RGB Lighting Box
1 x Remote
You can all so purchase it with a 12V Power supply but since I didn't need one I just got a standalone kit.
The RGB Light
The RGB (which means Red, Blue, Green) Lighting strip is 30 cm long and is enclosed in a polyethylene heat resistant plastic that is about 4 mm thick with 4 male pins on one side and 4 female sockets on the other side so that you can join more strips together. It all so has m3 Sticky tape on the back so that it can be stuck any ware you like inside a case.
My 30cm RGB light Strip contains no less than 12 RGB 5050 SMD's spaced at 1" apart. On the back side is some lettering for Ground, Red, Green and Blue with a arrow to show which part connect to the Remote Controller Box.
The strip itself is completely flexible and can be bent around corners how ever I would not recommend you try to put it in a 90 degree bend else it will likely to snap or fracture the flexible PCB that the LED's are connected to.
A quick bit of advice DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE LIGHTS ONCE ON. (you have now been warned)
The Led Strips can also be cut to length and there are markings on the back of the strips of the LEDs to show you were to cut and these are at approx 15cm Appart.
Strip length: 30cm
Strip width: 1cm
Strip height: 4 cm
The RGB remote Controller box.
This is a simple little white box that controls the input voltage to the led's. It all so Has a Infra-red receiver LED attached so that you can use your remote with it.
If you are placing UV lights in your case I advise you not to have the Infra-red LED Receiver any ware near these as it will upset the system and will not work correctly as the spectrum of light that is given off by the UV led or light will over whelm the Infra-red receiver and it may not work correctly.
The controller box also has 2 mounting hole but it is so light you will be able to add Velcro or double sided sticky tape and attached it any were you like. There is also a Lead that has 4 female connector's for the LED's to connect to and this is about 2" long. In theory you should be able to extend this if you wish.
Last but not least is a 12v Input female input adapter with the inner pin being the +12v and the outer being the negative. do not get this mixed up or you will kill the controller.
Now to connect the Led Strip to the controller if you look at the Female lead you will see a arrow this will match up the RGB strip so that you do not get the polarity mixed up when connecting the strip. Again make sure this is correct or again you will blow the led strip and possibly the controller.
Next add you power from whatever power source you will be using e.g 12 Volt Yellow line on the Power supply or a 12v power adapter.
you are now ready to go.
The remote control.
The remote is a lovely little piece of equipment and will allow you to change the way the LED light controller acts. It has several features that I will explain below with the picture.
1) Will turn the brightness of the led up or down this has 6 stages of brightness from low to intense.
2) These are the on / off buttons
3) These will change the colour of the Light to
R = Red
G = Green
B = Blue
W = White (R,G,B in one go)
4) These will change the colours of the lights as per the colour on the buttons. This will Give you a extra 12 colours to choose from.
5) These buttons in this group will make the LED react in a different manner and can be seen in the video I have done for you all to see.
Flash = All the colours will flash in sequence
Strobe = all the LEDs will Turn on and off (producing a white only effect)
Fade = All the colours will fade from one to the other
Smooth = Like fade the colours will change from one to the other but much more slowly and give a nice effect.
Below if a video of it in action. (this was taken on a small phone)
Why oh why is it so complex or does it really need to be.
Stuff the single LED's placed all over the case with all the extra wiring. Why not go with 1 light only.
Stuff the choosing the colour why not have them all. Fancy lighting effects not a problem.
I introduce to the Remote SMD Lighting strip all you LED Lighting solved in 1 little envelope
from Hong Kong.The RGB Lighting Strip runs from 12 Volts and can run anything from a 15cm strip right up to 15 meters to light up a whole room if you like but that might be just a little over kill for a PC. The RGB Led Light strip I have is 30 Cm long which will do for inside of a case or in my case lighting of a Control panel for a Arcade system, I am working on.
The Kit comes with the following Items
1 x 30 SMD RGB Strip Light
1 x Remote Control RGB Lighting Box
1 x Remote
You can all so purchase it with a 12V Power supply but since I didn't need one I just got a standalone kit.
The RGB Light
The RGB (which means Red, Blue, Green) Lighting strip is 30 cm long and is enclosed in a polyethylene heat resistant plastic that is about 4 mm thick with 4 male pins on one side and 4 female sockets on the other side so that you can join more strips together. It all so has m3 Sticky tape on the back so that it can be stuck any ware you like inside a case.
My 30cm RGB light Strip contains no less than 12 RGB 5050 SMD's spaced at 1" apart. On the back side is some lettering for Ground, Red, Green and Blue with a arrow to show which part connect to the Remote Controller Box.
The strip itself is completely flexible and can be bent around corners how ever I would not recommend you try to put it in a 90 degree bend else it will likely to snap or fracture the flexible PCB that the LED's are connected to.
A quick bit of advice DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE LIGHTS ONCE ON. (you have now been warned)
The Led Strips can also be cut to length and there are markings on the back of the strips of the LEDs to show you were to cut and these are at approx 15cm Appart.
Strip length: 30cm
Strip width: 1cm
Strip height: 4 cm
The RGB remote Controller box.
This is a simple little white box that controls the input voltage to the led's. It all so Has a Infra-red receiver LED attached so that you can use your remote with it.
If you are placing UV lights in your case I advise you not to have the Infra-red LED Receiver any ware near these as it will upset the system and will not work correctly as the spectrum of light that is given off by the UV led or light will over whelm the Infra-red receiver and it may not work correctly.
The controller box also has 2 mounting hole but it is so light you will be able to add Velcro or double sided sticky tape and attached it any were you like. There is also a Lead that has 4 female connector's for the LED's to connect to and this is about 2" long. In theory you should be able to extend this if you wish.
Last but not least is a 12v Input female input adapter with the inner pin being the +12v and the outer being the negative. do not get this mixed up or you will kill the controller.
Now to connect the Led Strip to the controller if you look at the Female lead you will see a arrow this will match up the RGB strip so that you do not get the polarity mixed up when connecting the strip. Again make sure this is correct or again you will blow the led strip and possibly the controller.
Next add you power from whatever power source you will be using e.g 12 Volt Yellow line on the Power supply or a 12v power adapter.
you are now ready to go.
The remote control.
The remote is a lovely little piece of equipment and will allow you to change the way the LED light controller acts. It has several features that I will explain below with the picture.
1) Will turn the brightness of the led up or down this has 6 stages of brightness from low to intense.
2) These are the on / off buttons
3) These will change the colour of the Light to
R = Red
G = Green
B = Blue
W = White (R,G,B in one go)
4) These will change the colours of the lights as per the colour on the buttons. This will Give you a extra 12 colours to choose from.
5) These buttons in this group will make the LED react in a different manner and can be seen in the video I have done for you all to see.
Flash = All the colours will flash in sequence
Strobe = all the LEDs will Turn on and off (producing a white only effect)
Fade = All the colours will fade from one to the other
Smooth = Like fade the colours will change from one to the other but much more slowly and give a nice effect.
Below if a video of it in action. (this was taken on a small phone)
