Backlite Keyboard for TiBook

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ok, so I am in the middle of making a light for my 15" TiBook. Then it dawned on me, how about an ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL??

I found an LED light kit here it looks very promising, though I know I really want a better product than two small led's.

does anyone else understand electronics and how we could wire an EL Panel to a TiBook, ie using the correct resistors et al....

 

[MoparShaha]

I'm not too familiar withe TiBook, but I think heat is supposed to escape out from the keyboard. If you put in an EL panel under the keys, it would obstruct ventalation, which probably would not be good. I could be wrong about the ventalation thing though.

 

[Macpoops]

i'm going to go out on a limb here and say it doesn't matter much...the Tibook is made of titanium because it conducts heat. the keyboard isn't exactly designed to vent heat.

 

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there are a few heat sinks I am looking at possible covering, though EL panels are soooo thin, I think they may act just like the keyboard themselves...

any Electronic Engineers out there??

 

[blue&whiteman]

I have 2 words concerning the possibility of more heat.. thermal paste!

Many people here don't seem to understand what wonders it can do and it only costs 3-5 bucks for a tube you will get 10+ uses out of. you only need to re-apply it whenever the heatsink is taken off.