Comments on: ti-84 LED mod

By: Tyler Caine

Tyler Caine — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:18 +0000

THAT’S AN EXPENSIVE FLASHLIGHT!!!!! But it is true that it’s useless…. sorry…

By: Qualsiasi

Qualsiasi — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:37:35 +0000

I wont do that to my Titanium, indeed I’d like to see some wireless implemented so I can cheat on exams (like wireless comunications exam ^_^ ).

Another nice hack would be li-ion rechargeable battery, or CF/SD I/O to store programs… just some ideas.

By: will

will — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:13:16 +0000

hack? this is no hack. its stupid. another way to drain your batteries. useless…

admin, please moderate your site mare carefully. think of all your usual “hacker” readers. who would do this and call it a hack?

to be clear: post like this sucks! give us something we could use. im very disappointed by the author of this post and by site moderators.

By: kenny

kenny — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:21:29 +0000

okay…..
I added a backlight to me TI-89T a while ago, took out the metal spacer and removed the film beneath the LCD. I cut a piece of plexiglass up and put it under the LCD. Then I noticed that I removed the polarizer film, too -.-. I dug up an old LCD and tore some pol film off of that, finally got the LCD working properly again, added some EL film for the lighting and voila!

By: crobicha

crobicha — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:47:38 +0000

And the purpose of this is…..?

By: Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:33:01 +0000

@pouncer

There are a number of reasons why a hack won’t get posted. It is quite possible that some big news event happened and yours slipped through the cracks. I’d be happy to look at it. We’re always looking for better stuff to write about.

By: Pouncer

Pouncer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:47:34 +0000

I’m not usually one to complain, but I submitted an article about someone who hacked a child safety switch into their fridge ice/water door over a month ago, which has yet to be posted on HAD.

But this LED hack was apparently more note-worthy enough to make it. Color me confused.

By: srilyk

srilyk — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:03:39 +0000

I concur that nerd bling is cool… but this just doesn’t quite seem like nerd bling so much as a little bit of fail (although leds are cool.)

By: youthinkidpostmyrealname?

youthinkidpostmyrealname? — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:02:47 +0000

Hooray! Now I can have a pimped out ti! w00t…

If I had this calc… I would totally put something that broadcasts to the world I have a small peni… I mean a spoiler on this. Because everything is cooler with spoilers and undercarriage lights, right?

By: Toast

Toast — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:07:16 +0000

aside from it not being a “hack”… this mod isn’t even slightly amusing. I can take my TV remote and put LEDs on the back of it…my steering wheel…or even on the bottom of my toaster. The music fails to even bring a slight change of mood…im still stuck at wtf. If he wants to make this a real mod or “hack” he would get at least 555 timer and start strobing(?) stuff. …or make backlit buttons! AH HAH now theres an idea

By: ben

ben — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:22:01 +0000

It’s a sad day when this makes hackaday. It’s also the day when I stop checking this site regularly. :(

By: Sil3ntP8nd8

Sil3ntP8nd8 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:06:12 +0000

If you looked at the flickr there is a switch :)

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:18:23 +0000

you’re going to regret it when your batteries die during a test.

By: nick

nick — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:14:56 +0000

lame ass hack for two reasons. 1 not even a switch for on off, or even a relay function tied to “on” to control the leds. 2 the leds are on the back and would be more of a help to have a back light then saying “look at me teacher im probably going to cheat in class with this calculator that is glowing”. also uber nerd bling, but nerd bling is cool.

By: zigzagjoe

zigzagjoe — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:23 +0000

uselesssss and the vid is phail.