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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: doorsftw on Sun, 23 March 2014, 03:28:46

Title: Adding Led's to QFR
Post by: doorsftw on Sun, 23 March 2014, 03:28:46

Any guides out there that I could use?

Title: Re: Adding Led's to QFR
Post by: BlueBär on Sun, 23 March 2014, 09:06:51

To make a QFR backlit you need to drill holes in the PCB and do some serious hacking. I'm not sure if it is even possible, it depends on the PCB. Are you sure you want to do that?

Title: Re: Adding Led's to QFR
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 23 March 2014, 14:17:33

You'd probably end up having to swap the PCB with something that already had LEDs, and just modifying the case to suit the PCB.

Title: Re: Adding Led's to QFR
Post by: Pacifist on Sun, 23 March 2014, 14:25:24

qfr pcb won't let you do it easily

just get a shine 3 tkl

Title: Re: Adding Led's to QFR
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 26 March 2014, 01:52:36

Quote from: BlueBär on Sun, 23 March 2014, 09:06:51

To make a QFR backlit you need to drill holes in the PCB and do some serious hacking. I'm not sure if it is even possible, it depends on the PCB. Are you sure you want to do that?

I have a hacked on / broken several times and repaired QFR PCB on hand and I will say that it would be easier to replace the PCB entirely. If course, modding the original PCB is possible, but you'd have to hand wire the LED matrix yourself, drill a lot of holes with a paperclip, and then repair traces. It's possible, but pretty difficult. Some may consider to to be more trouble than it's worth.

Whatever you decide on the DIY route, we are here to help!