so being inspired by dylan's beautiful pictures of his blue leds, lets
all post our pics of leds till it gets boring… heres mine:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boligrafoe/867871561/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/boligrafoe/867871341/in/photostream/

this outta tide us over till finalized case shot come out.

nice! white!

that is stunning, now I'm torn, blue or white?!??!!???

i was surprised by how rich the blue looked. i think the led color 
should be based on your case to be truthful. what are you planning to 
make your case out of tone?

well, you could make white into blue with a "simple" light gel 
arrangement
(this: http://www.protectcovers.com/
crossed with this: http://www.stagespot.com/gel.html)

but that might be kindof diffcult, or require fancy spray paint...

i dunno about protect covers but this image is priceless

http://www.protectcovers.com/ashchat.jpg

lmao...

good link, that stuff could go under the faceplate, put icons under the 
protectcover for a given app.  ashley would have to be the 'midi panic' 
button icon.

I still don't know what my case will be, best thing I've found is a Tap 
Plastics, national chain shop, used them before, ~$150, laser cut 
acrylic faceplate, bottom made of 5 pieces of acrylic beveled on the 
edges.  white would be classy, today I started thinking of clear, maybe 
white top with a clear bottom, all acrylic.  there's something about 
still seeing the electronics that I find appealing.  I'm not sure on how 
to fasten it all together, I'd like to be able to open it at will and 
not worry about fasteners loosening over time.  a brushed aluminum 
faceplate would be cool too, I have a shop's name but haven't visited 
yet.

the hole for the USB port is also a cosmetic hurdle, the logic board 
should line up for a clean finish and the holes don't align to set the 
USB port to the edge of the LED/button board, so it has to screw into 
the enclosure.  I haven't taken the time to lay all this out.

until then I found a little cardboard box that's exactly as tall as the 
40h and a little wider, that's where it's been living.  I used double 
sided sticky foam tape to stick the logic board underneath the button 
board, back to back, and found some rubber feet to stack up to stand on.

what part number are these and where did you get them?

looks great. i have to make myself one now. (and i am ***sick*** of 
soldering, you would not believe)

haha i did the unthinkable actually… ebay. but they looked like the same 
spec as certain ones on jameco. the mcd was 6000 if that helps. they 
seem to be about the perfect brightness actually.

heres a link to the ebay store used:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwilni14QQhtZ-1

trying again, this time with IE, previously I tried firefox.

nice! red or orange?

they call it amber.  when I get motivated to do so I might move to blue 
or white, or try to swap my LED board for a blank board.  doesn't 
matter, I made it and love it.

better pics the first one wasn't so great.

with IR sensors similar to
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=242 (they 
share the same manual) these are Sharp 2Y0A02 IY
each sensor takes 1 analog port and does not require reprogramming of 
the microcontroller.

tone… i wouldn't trade or swap your leds. those are beautiful! they have 
this vintage roland look to them i would almost design your case around 
that very feel.

lol yeah, they do look like old roland pads.  I love them because 
they're mine and at one time it was just a bag of parts. :)

Here's another shot of my Blue LEDs.... The color is a little different 
on the picture on the main page. This is just due to exposure settings. 
The actual color is a value probably in between the two pictures.

Anyone with red leds ?

yeah mine are red, haven't taken a picture though ;)

mine are yellow and violet (bordering on UV, should look great at 
night). the keykits are still stuck in customs though, so the pix will 
have to wait.

Where did you all purchase your LEDS? part numbers? They all look 
sweeet!! Nice job people!! Got my kit and board!, can't wait to get 
going on mine!!!!

Meoff

the ones I got were listed at the bottom of tehn's LED suggestions:

they said something like "a few more, brighter... (red)"

but uh, i guess you mean the ones with pics ;)

less talk more pics… ;)

just kidding i'm glad you guys are getting excited about building this 
stuff… i'm really itching to get my case done.

Hey tonedraft,

What model are those LEDs? Where can I pick some up?

Thanks

Preston
Cavemansalad@gmail.com

jameco 333358
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&pa=333358&productId=333358

Here's mine all lit up at last!

Hmm, shonky mobile phone camera made the buttons look like sugar 
cubes...  sigh.

Sweeeeeet!!!! nice work dude! I think I am going to do RED!

Meoff

Finally got all of my LEDs in. Can't wait to get the rest of the box 
together.

Nice!! So are those red LEDS? I am going to do red also with a black
faceplate!!!



Meoff

Finished mine last week, so excited to have this done! Not bad for a
second soldering project.

I planned to do this picture long before I even put it together. It was 
well worth the wait!

reminds me of the old flashlight-under-the-chin scary-story routine!

=)

that's a seriously genuine grin, nice work on the assembly!

LOL looks like you're ready to blow out the candles on your birthday 
cake.

and then use your 40h to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!! muahuahuahuahuahua!!!

> Nice!! So are those red LEDS? I am going to do red also with a black
faceplate!!!

yep, those are the red ones. My housemate is machining a faceplate out 
of birch ply right now. I think he is doing the case with cherry, or 
something like that. I am really excited to see it, even though it won't 
really be all together until I get some stuff from mcmaster on tuesday.