LED crazy DS

posted Nov 17th 2008 12:29pm by
filed under: ds hacks, gameboy hacks, handhelds hacks, led hacks, nintendo hacks

Adding LEDs makes everything better. Watch this video as a regular old DS gets turned into one of the most awesome things on the planet. A ton of LEDs were added, some to the body, some to an extra cartridge, some behind buttons. Parts are wired into the speakers, so you get nice effects to your music. We’ll bet the battery life suffers, but who cares. This thing is worth it. This was originally taken from Nico Nico Douga, which overlays the comments on the video.

[via Boing Boing Gadgets]

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16 Responses to LED crazy DS

  • Frank says:
    November 17, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Did I heard the battery will survive for 5 minutes?

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  • Sean says:
    November 17, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Epileptics beware!

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  • iR377 says:
    November 17, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    Nice mod, terrible scrolly text video!

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  • joe says:
    November 17, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    There is a fine line between totally awesome blinking lights and crappy cellphone cover from that kiosk (you know, the store so sucky it doesn’t even have a real store) in the mall that only the junior high kids hang out at. don’t get me wrong, i love LEDs… but wow.

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  • roshamboe says:
    November 17, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    talk about ds LITE

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  • EdZ says:
    November 17, 2008 at 4:41 pm

    Wish I could find the original NicoVideo link so I could watch without the comments. Who on earth uses a screenrecorder to save NicoVideo stuff rather than just pulling the original file from the site?

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  • EdZ says:
    November 17, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    OK, that was a lot easier to find than I was expecting:
    http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5219923

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  • Christopher Reitmann says:
    November 17, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Ok, so that was a DSi, not a DS Lite, right? If so, does anyone know what card was used to run home-brew? I read that homebrew didn’t work and that the loadable cartridges and things didn’t work with the new one.

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  • Eric says:
    November 17, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    No, it was a DS Lite. When they first take it apart, there’s no camera on the top.

    I’m not sure why they had a DSi earlier in the video, not speaking or reading Japanese.

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  • Echo_Hotel says:
    November 17, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    In case you wondered wwwww is Japanese net speak for something like LOL.

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  • JB says:
    November 18, 2008 at 1:05 am

    I suspect (ALSO not reading japanese) the intro is something to the effect of…

    “So the DSi is out now… and that means it’s time to upgrade my DSLite… BY ADDING SOUND-SENSITIVE LEDS!”

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  • srilyk says:
    November 18, 2008 at 3:33 am

    And here you thought the Japanese modded their *cars* when they got bored!

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  • Rawrl says:
    November 18, 2008 at 11:42 am

    No, that’s “azn pryde” retards and white trash.

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  • Ryan says:
    November 19, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    I’ve already done this to mine last year, lol :P
    It’s pretty sweet. Easy too. I’m going to put better speakers into it next time I open it up, haha

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  • kingconga42 says:
    November 20, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    anyone know what circuit was used for the sound-reactive LEDs?

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  • lol says:
    July 16, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    the sound one

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