Little mod I did to my Av Famicom

[lobdale]

I'd enjoy sticking a couple red LEDs in my original Famicom to shine out the vents like was mentioned in here if anyone can provide some instructions for that.  Sounds like a neat project.

[Xious]

Attach one of the following to wire leads:

A 5VDC-set LED or;
A red LED and 150Ω resistor (or a resistor appropriate to your light temperature and power usage);

Solder wire leads to VCC and GND, remembering that the resistor belongs between VCC and the positive LED lead. (All diodes are polarized: The long lead is positive, and connects to VCC; the short lead is negative, and goes to GND.

Affix diffuser (and polarizer, if used) to underside of vents using clear silicone
----------->You may create a stencil insert between the diffuser and polarizer if you desire to generate a specific pattern..
Affix LED on edge of diffuser panel using clear silicone.

You can also skip the diffuser/polarizer fora very simple version that will have a hot-spot and emit light from a small portion of the grille.

Using a diffuser/polarizer will trap more heat in the system; because of this, I advise using a stencil and applying light to only a defined space, allowing some space for heat transference; if you use gauze as a diffuser with no polarizing film, then heat can still pass through. The system can generally handle running with a full polarizer and film, but you should only run this with a 9p10VDC PSU, and maybe an 8VDC PSU to reduce 7805 heat dissipation, although all components generate some heat.


Polarizing film sources:
Bulk & custom polarizing film in sheets and rolls.
Square polarizin filtres on Amazon, as used on Gameboy lighting kits.
Small polarizers; same as Amazon, from Spectrum, for half the price per filtre.
Polarized Slides, for a small filtre...

LED Diffusers:
LED Diffuser material (as affordable sheets)

[lobdale]

Interesting!  Xious, sounds like you've done this before.  Do you have any pictures of what your finished product looks like when it's on?

[NintendoKing]

I like the glowing on button mod, but this glowing Nintendo logo is also very cool!

[jpx72]

Just did one quick and dirty mod, I thought it will look better, but it isn't (don't pay attention to the dirt on my famicom):

[Drakon]

I love it!  Great idea!