<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/8705/backlights-on-the-cheap/ Mon, 08 Oct 2012 07:26:47 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136632/#p136632 Chainsaw Police says:
infradead wrote:

backlight all the gameboys!

quite literally, too

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 07:26:47 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136632/#p136632 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136627/#p136627 infradead says:

backlight all the gameboys!

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 06:59:41 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136627/#p136627 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136623/#p136623 godinpants says:
Apeshit wrote:

It says 20 cents - $100 per piece. You won't get backlights for 20 cents a piece unless you're producing in the millions.

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:26:13 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136623/#p136623 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136609/#p136609 Alley Beach says:
defiantsystems wrote:

Minimum of 2000. Hope you like backlighting.

hahaha, nice one

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:15:29 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136609/#p136609 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136602/#p136602 z3r0 says:
nitro2k01 wrote:
z3r0 wrote:

I wouldn't put one in my gameboy unless somebody was just giving them out.

You mean any backlight, or these?

No just those, I've been meaning to get a couple from kitsch.

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:08:26 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136602/#p136602 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136597/#p136597 Telerophon says:

Yo dog I heard you like backlights.

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:49:44 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136597/#p136597 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136594/#p136594 defiantsystems says:

Minimum of 2000. Hope you like backlighting.

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 01:45:48 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136594/#p136594 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136578/#p136578 Apeshit says:
godinpants wrote:

Stumbling through the internet in the late evening I found this.
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/47645 … light.html
At 20c a piece for an order of 100, this could be a cheap way to backlight gameboys on the wholesale for you modding chaps.
Size/shape/thickness and colour all appear customisable, not sure if 100 is the minimum order or if it's a larger number, but it might be a good deal for someone who uses a lot of backlights.

It says 20 cents - $100 per piece. You won't get backlights for 20 cents a piece unless you're producing in the millions.

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:58:01 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136578/#p136578 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136577/#p136577 Telerophon says:

They don't have any detailed specs…

Well, ok, I guess that's not true, but you literally have to tell the exactly how you want it done. I'm pretty sure a lot of the backlights from the example photos wouldn't fit in a game boy…

I was worried about them being too thick, but 1.4mm is acceptable.

EDIT: I've read this listing a couple of times now, and it looks like they put "Game Boy" in it the way people put "Chiptune LSDJ" in eBay listings for Commodores and stuff. So they just make LED backlights to spec for literally anything, and you could have them make ones for Game Boy if you happened to know the spec to give them.

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:52:58 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136577/#p136577 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136572/#p136572 nitro2k01 says:
z3r0 wrote:

I wouldn't put one in my gameboy unless somebody was just giving them out.

You mean any backlight, or these?

]]> Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:02:55 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136572/#p136572 <![CDATA[Re: Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136567/#p136567 z3r0 says:

I wouldn't put one in my gameboy unless somebody was just giving them out.

]]> Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:58:25 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136567/#p136567 <![CDATA[Backlights on the cheap?]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136557/#p136557 godinpants says:

Stumbling through the internet in the late evening I found this.
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/47645 … light.html
At 20c a piece for an order of 100, this could be a cheap way to backlight gameboys on the wholesale for you modding chaps.
Size/shape/thickness and colour all appear customisable, not sure if 100 is the minimum order or if it's a larger number, but it might be a good deal for someone who uses a lot of backlights.

]]> Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:35:29 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/136557/#p136557