Finally added some more lights to the P1S. Relay controlled from USB-A port.

Trickier than I thought as the original light seems to be controlled by a NPN transistor which threw me off when using the 0V from the USB-A. Feel free to ask if you want to know how to do this yourself without risking burning your board.

Huge upgrade for very little money.

(Yes, I need to dust my top cover!!)

Edit: converted to .GIF for convenience

  • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I would like to subscribe to your newsletter, sir. It has not been infrequently that I’ve realized my own need for functionally useful lights that “stay on for maintenance work and nozzle changes, when the printer is turned off” 🤌🏼🤓

    • TheRealKuni@midwest.socialEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Well I can certainly send you links to the brilliant work of others that inspired me. 🤣

      This is the base slider I use for the glass, with these risers for the AMS and this addon for an LED strip.

      The LED strip I purchased is this one. I did have to use a dremel to widen the wire way on the slider/riser system, and (of course) had to cut off a good length of excess LED, but there was a very convenient cut point that means most of the back edge isn’t covered by light, but it still works great.