Led flash for PCMCIA

ceedy · 16 April 2011, 21:28

If this has been linkied before.. feel free to give me lots of stick ..

http://www.doobreynet.co.uk/extraled.html

Chris

prowler · 17 April 2011, 00:27

Well, I've never seen that before, Chris, so "Well spotted!", I'd say.

rkauer · 17 April 2011, 01:34

Been there, done that, get the T-shirt.

Tested on A600 with an ordinary LED under the vents for a short time. Worked too! Ditch the circuit because I didn't used a proper circuit board.

delshay · 17 April 2011, 09:13

the only problem is some users do not want ti cut out a extra hole for the LED. one way around this is to changed the orginal LED for dual colour LED.

i found a way too add tri-colour LED in one slot where the other two slots (A1200) were dual colour,so i ended up with something like this.

no extra holes added in my old project.

Hardrive/PCMCIA dual colour (orange/purple)
floppy drive read/write access dual colour (blue/white)
power/audio filter tri-colour (red/yellow/green) NOTE: red now indicates A1200 is on. green A1200 power supply is plug in the back of the A1200 the computer is off.

FOL · 17 April 2011, 11:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by delshay

the only problem is some users do not want ti cut out a extra hole for the LED. one way around this is to changed the orginal LED for dual colour LED.

i found a way too add tri-colour LED in one slot where the other two slots (A1200) were dual colour,so i ended up with something like this.

no extra holes added in my old project.

Hardrive/PCMCIA dual colour (orange/purple)
floppy drive read/write access dual colour (blue/white)
power/audio filter tri-colour (red/yellow/green) NOTE: red now indicates A1200 is on. green A1200 power supply is plug in the back of the A1200 the computer is off.

Just tag it on to the one side of the floppy LED. This is what I done for my DVD-RW. Got fed up of no knowing if it was reading or not.

Paul_s · 17 April 2011, 12:48

I wonder how the Zappo PCMCIA hard disk controller worked then because that used to make the HD light flash when it was being accessed! (no mods done on system board) :s

FOL · 17 April 2011, 13:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul_s

I wonder how the Zappo PCMCIA hard disk controller worked then because that used to make the HD light flash when it was being accessed! (no mods done on system board) :s

There was a program for CD32, that would make the Power LED flash, so you knew the HDD was working on the SX1.
I used to use it alot until I killed my SX1,

.

delshay · 17 April 2011, 20:15

err the floppy drive read/write access LED indicator is in real time. when it starts to write the LED change colour in real time. in other words when writing it flicks between blue & white.

when it reading it stays one colour (blue).

FOL · 18 April 2011, 01:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by delshay

err the floppy drive read/write access LED indicator is in real time. when it starts to write the LED change colour in real time. in other words when writing it flicks between blue & white.

when it reading it stays one colour (blue).

Aye, tis cool your led setup.
I remember Anemos doing something simular.

If you dont fancy ripping stock leds apart, my way works just aswell as floppy is hardly used.
It still flickers one side even when floppy light is on.

Anemos · 11 December 2011, 21:44

to late.. but here is :http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=35893
looks like lost thread ..

16 April 2011, 21:28	#1
ceedy Old-Amiga-Git Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Somerset , in the UK Posts: 175	Led flash for PCMCIA If this has been linkied before.. feel free to give me lots of stick .. http://www.doobreynet.co.uk/extraled.html Chris

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prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Well, I've never seen that before, Chris, so "Well spotted!", I'd say.

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rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 54 Posts: 3,482	Been there, done that, get the T-shirt. Tested on A600 with an ordinary LED under the vents for a short time. Worked too! Ditch the circuit because I didn't used a proper circuit board.

17 April 2011, 09:13	#4
delshay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: uk Posts: 245	the only problem is some users do not want ti cut out a extra hole for the LED. one way around this is to changed the orginal LED for dual colour LED. i found a way too add tri-colour LED in one slot where the other two slots (A1200) were dual colour,so i ended up with something like this. no extra holes added in my old project. Hardrive/PCMCIA dual colour (orange/purple) floppy drive read/write access dual colour (blue/white) power/audio filter tri-colour (red/yellow/green) NOTE: red now indicates A1200 is on. green A1200 power supply is plug in the back of the A1200 the computer is off.

17 April 2011, 12:48	#6
Paul_s Stuck in the 80s Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 42 Posts: 3,291	I wonder how the Zappo PCMCIA hard disk controller worked then because that used to make the HD light flash when it was being accessed! (no mods done on system board) :s

17 April 2011, 20:15	#8
delshay Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: uk Posts: 245	err the floppy drive read/write access LED indicator is in real time. when it starts to write the LED change colour in real time. in other words when writing it flicks between blue & white. when it reading it stays one colour (blue).

11 December 2011, 21:44	#10
Anemos 70X7 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ἑλλάς Posts: 1,074	to late.. but here is :http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=35893 looks like lost thread ..

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