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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: autobot on Thu, 23 March 2017, 14:02:21

Title: North LED's & Windowed LED Keycaps
Post by: autobot on Thu, 23 March 2017, 14:02:21

Does anybody have any tricks to help better illuminate windowed keycaps w/north LED's?

I ordered some GMK windowed caps, but forgot my Masterkeys Pro S has north LED's. D'oh!  :))

Lighting is really dull when placed on there. So I have them backward for now, but look goofy like that.

I was thinking maybe some chrome-like tape to reflect light back & cutting out the two horizontal ribs inside the keycap?

I guess a radical solution would be finding a TKL w/ South RGB LED's, if that even exists. Any ideas?

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Title: Re: North LED's & Windowed LED Keycaps
Post by: Puddsy on Thu, 23 March 2017, 16:52:42

tbh i like the underglow effect from north LEDs

wish the GH60 supported it

Title: Re: North LED's & Windowed LED Keycaps
Post by: Tactile on Thu, 23 March 2017, 18:49:05

Perhaps if you paint the inside of the cap white the light will bounce around and out the window. It won't be perfect but you might see an improvement.