Laptop Keyboard Light

by nadiaka97 in Circuits > USB

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Laptop Keyboard Light

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Helpfull laptop light for the keyboard

Materials:
old cassette
glue gun
saw
eraser
led lantern
usb cable
tape
spring from a pen
220ohm resistor

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Get an old cassette and disassemble it. We need only one part.

Cut Something

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Some Paper

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Cut two pieces of paper 2cm width 28cm height

Fold by the half, and then by the half and half...until you get something like the picture

Cut a little peace of eraser and paste it with a glue gun to the cassette like the picture, you can add some tape.


Add the Springs

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Take the pen spring and cut it half, then paste it to the bottom of the cassette like the picture.

Find Your Lantern

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Get your lantern, disassemble it and keep the led or leds, add a 220ohm resistor in series.
Then cut the usb green and white cables
Finally conect the usb cable ground to the leds ground and the usb voltage to the resistor.

Paste

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Paste the leds and the usb cable to the cassette.

Use It

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