hey maybe you guys can help me out here, I have been seeing these posts on lighting keyboards, mice, and apple pro speakers, all of which are things i would like to attempt, but what i havent figured out is how the heck to power the lights. I'm thinking of EL wire for the most part. so how would i go about powering the lights in the keyboard? (apple pro) the speakers (apple pro)?
any thoughts?
The USB connection provides the power. LED's usse very little current, so you could run a lot of them off of a USB port.
The apple keyboard uses about 150 mW of the 500 mW USB power budget. That gives you 350 mW to play with, which is quite a lot for things like LED's and EL.
so i guess my question now is what do i tap off of inside the keyboard to power up the wire? i havent taken the keyboard apart yet as i hear its a real PITA and i want to get everything i will need first
one of the 4 wires on the USB cable is +5V. Find it with a meter.