Leds

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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I just went out to get some leds for my screen. They didn't have 3mm leds they only had 5mm leds. well the led mod work with 5mm leds and well I have to change anything?
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They say 3mm, because 5mm don't fit in most cases properly.
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 »

wat kind of screen are you using if its a ps one screen then your gonna need 3 mm
you may be able to put 5 mm into the intec butr i heard that there was no reason to
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Well I did it. I put 5mm leds into a psone screen...the only problem is that nothing fit back together so I just glued everything down. I don't know if it well work, I can't test it untill I get some batteries.
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you can just plug it in
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Post by G-Prime »

plug it into what?...I alredy cut all the plugs off. I think it well work...if anything the lighting might be a little "uneven".
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Post by daguuy »

you can cut off the plug on the wall adapter and connect the wires to it to test it
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