My aim was to make a light up jewel (like everyone else) but this jewel had to be different. So basically I set about adding other features and the like to it.
This is what I've come up with and after you’ve read this you'll no doubt have a whole lot of similar, maybe even better ideas based on this design.
What I've ended up with is:
1. A jewel that’s glossy black when the console is off
2. Which glows blue when the console is on
3. Which glows red when there's harddrive activity
Most of these ideas are just transferred from a clear acrylic PC case mod that I did last year!
What you need:
car window tint
spray bottle
small squeegee
Wire - lots of thin gauge wire
4 x red LED’s
4 x blue LED’s
+ The resistors to go with them
For the blue/red LED’s we'll be using the 12volt power source
or if you can, try to get tri-colour LED's, they give you a better effect.
Lots of heatshrink - this is your safest bet as it makes the job incredibly easy and safe IMO
Hairdryer - to heat the heatshrink
Solder and soldering iron
Hot glue gun
Circuit
A piece of strip board
4N25 Opto-isolator
ULN2803 IC
1N4148 Diode
2 x 10K Resistor
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