I'm not really doing gameboys anymore. But I will work on a schematic when I get a chance. I'll make it work with the 2n3904 transistor or a dual op amp with a trimmer so people can set their own brightness preferences.
The only problem is that I don't know the full range of the output, so the trimmer will fix that.
That would be awesome. As I mentioned i can do solder this to that things 
katsumbhong wrote:google transistor.
Seeing as how many different things transistors are used for, that's a pretty useless answer.
SpudBencer wrote:I did. Actually more confused now than before.
In this case, the transistor is being used to amplify the audio signal to allow a larger voltage for driving the LEDs. Think of a transistor as an electronically controlled switch, a voltage at the base will allow current to flow from the collector to the emitter. The audio signal in this design is relatively weak, not enough to drive your LEDs well, but it's connecting to the base instead and a 9v source is connecting to the LEDs in series with collector and emitter.
This means, as a small voltage/current is applied to the base, a larger voltage/current will flow through the LEDs - and through the collector and emitter - to ground. When even more voltage is applied to the base, even more of that 9v source will be allowed to pass through - obviously up to a maximum of 9 volts, as that's all you're providing.
In this sense, you can think of a transistor similar to a floodgate. The base acts as the controls to allow the gate to widen or close completely, the collector and emitter are the upstream and downstream sides of the gate, respectively.
Meh. Worked for me.
]]>The only problem is that I don't know the full range of the output, so the trimmer will fix that.
]]>isn't the volume control also a transistor?
No. The volume control is a potentiometer.
]]>google transistor.
Seeing as how many different things transistors are used for, that's a pretty useless answer.
I did. Actually more confused now than before.
In this case, the transistor is being used to amplify the audio signal to allow a larger voltage for driving the LEDs. Think of a transistor as an electronically controlled switch, a voltage at the base will allow current to flow from the collector to the emitter. The audio signal in this design is relatively weak, not enough to drive your LEDs well, but it's connecting to the base instead and a 9v source is connecting to the LEDs in series with collector and emitter.
This means, as a small voltage/current is applied to the base, a larger voltage/current will flow through the LEDs - and through the collector and emitter - to ground. When even more voltage is applied to the base, even more of that 9v source will be allowed to pass through - obviously up to a maximum of 9 volts, as that's all you're providing.
In this sense, you can think of a transistor similar to a floodgate. The base acts as the controls to allow the gate to widen or close completely, the collector and emitter are the upstream and downstream sides of the gate, respectively.
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I'm at work so I can't really sit and explain it. Also different transistors might be needed since the gb can only supply 5v and not 9
]]>Can you explain this a little further please?
]]>Becusse of the output level, you'll need some transistors. IIRC, they were TIP140...something. 141 or 142. If I had experimented with the resistor values, I could probably have gotten it to work really well.
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