blackwidow tournament ed. Mechanical Keyboard LED's

[Sardz]

Hey i have a Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition Stealth, iv'e been using this keyboard for about a year and i want to mod it.

 

since it only has 5 LED's, can i add LED on the switches? in each switches i saw a hole above it maybe that's for LED? 

if i can add LED's using soldering iron what kind of LED's and how much power or (mA) do i need.

 

iv'e searched some in the internet its a Corsair K60

" The PCB has pads for LEDs. There are also pads for the series resistor (next to each switch/LED). Can you solder such small SMD resistors? Looks like 0603 (1,60 mm length).

You have to take low power LEDs (2 mA). Then you need only 210 mA (105*2 mA). The keyboard itself needs only 100 mA (regarding to the label) so you can use the power from USB. If you use LEDs with 20 mA you would need 2100 mA, way too much for an USB port (500 mA max.). You can also use a bright LED with lower current as specified. 5800 is IMHO much too bright. And than >100 of these LEDs. Do you want to use your keyboard as a lamp? Test the brightness before you have to change >100 resistors. "  https://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/how-do-i-add-leds-to-my-corsair-k60-keyboard-t2520.html

 

Picture of the switches on the keyboard from lightshot:

http://prntscr.com/bufwta

[SeanAngelo]

21 minutes ago, Sardz said:

Hey i have a Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition Stealth, iv'e been using this keyboard for about a year and i want to mod it.

 

since it only has 5 LED's, can i add LED on the switches? in each switches i saw a hole above it maybe that's for LED? 

if i can add LED's using soldering iron what kind of LED's and how much power or (mA) do i need.

 

iv'e searched some in the internet its a Corsair K60

" The PCB has pads for LEDs. There are also pads for the series resistor (next to each switch/LED). Can you solder such small SMD resistors? Looks like 0603 (1,60 mm length).

You have to take low power LEDs (2 mA). Then you need only 210 mA (105*2 mA). The keyboard itself needs only 100 mA (regarding to the label) so you can use the power from USB. If you use LEDs with 20 mA you would need 2100 mA, way too much for an USB port (500 mA max.). You can also use a bright LED with lower current as specified. 5800 is IMHO much too bright. And than >100 of these LEDs. Do you want to use your keyboard as a lamp? Test the brightness before you have to change >100 resistors. "  https://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/how-do-i-add-leds-to-my-corsair-k60-keyboard-t2520.html

 

Picture of the switches on the keyboard from lightshot:

http://prntscr.com/bufwta

you have to take it apart to look at the PCB properly and see if there are places to put the LED and solder them in...