Light Organ mod - Most heavily moded Xplorer to date? (vid)

**guran** · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

The microswitches were mounted on a new circuit board.

Let me see if I can dig out the schematics for you.
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**MHagen41** · Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 35

**aussieRocka** · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Launceston, TAS, AUS

holy hell that is one sweet mod!!

i would be up for this! if you post a schematic...

I will probably only use regular LEDs though, not your super blinding beasts ..lol....

If i just want the fret LED mod and the strum light mod, is the PIC needed? Or do i only need this if i want to be abvle to select different modes?

**ViceMaster04** · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 6

**guran** · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

**ExileLord** · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 440 Location: Wisconsin

Would you be able to show how the bilateral switches, frets, and LEDs are all wired together? I read your post about it and have a rough idea but I don't want to damage anything in the process.
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**Deimos** · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 1344 Location: Calgary, AB

Didn't see it mentioned yet, so just thought I'd note that this mod is on Hack A Day today:
http://www.hackaday.com/2007/12/03/day-o-guitar-hero-mods-with-a-bonus/

Congrats, awesome controller mod.
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**NightlyCrab** · Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 692 Location: Minneapolis,MN

imagine jordan solo on that thing, You would probably have a seizure. LOL

**FortySix** · Joined: 20 Nov 2007 Posts: 62

Awesome! Too bad RO can't make a quality guitar like that :P

Is it possible to see a close up picture of the fret buttons? I'm really intrigued by them. I'd pay anything to get my crappy ones replaced. They were custom built right? So I doubt I’d be able to pull anything like that off…

**imgod22222** · Joined: 29 Apr 2007 Posts: 68

watched the video, could not figure out what lit up the pickguard. i noticed hitting the frets lit them up. Surprised that USB has enough power for all those lights. I'd expect caps in there so as not to suddenly suck up all that juice from the USB, but to drain the caps.

But then again, i'm not an electrical engineer

... that's why i wanna go to carnegie mellon ^^

**guran** · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

**guran** · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

**ViceMaster04** · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 6

Oh man, I can't wait. I'm in the process of molding buttons

**johnnywacko1337** · Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 3

i think im going to try the microswitches. i messed around with the xplorer opened up and think i can get it to work and then with leds.

how are you going to try it vice?

**ViceMaster04** · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 6