tripellex

In a word...tense! Lol. It's been slow going, as we just received our final package from China yesterday. I'm still getting used to doing the micro miniature soldering, I haven't done 2M since the military nearly two decades ago lol. Thank goodness for jeweler's eyepieces and steady hands lol. So far, I've got the rooftop breadboard cut, sized and soldered to an 8-pin female header, like yours. One step extra I took was shaving down a 1x2 rectangle piece with a Dremel and gluing it to the underside of the board, so that I can easily remove it if need be. The snots fit perfectly. I'm fixing to start working on the individual LEDs for the roof. I hate to ask, but could you draw up a quick diagram of how you actually ran the wires and wired the beacons and roof lights? I'm trying to go by the images on Flickr, but I'm having a bit of trouble discerning where what goes. Here's my progress: http://i.imgur.com/a8QZMvP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/IlJ2rJ0.jpg http://i.imgur.com/DFgoRQj.jpg Also, can you tell me how you wired up the Reed switch to the Arduino and how it's mounted?

Here's hoping you and I don't set our houses on fire lol

Just signed up to comment on this thread. M600, you've done an amazing job. I have everything ordered based off your parts list. I'm confused though, about the actual mounting of the LEDs. You said no drilling/modification/Kragle, so I'm curious how the actual LEDs fit behind the transparent pieces. Is there enough room between the knob and the hole for it and the wires to fit? I've used WS2812B tri-color LEDs in my projects before, but they are a decent size. Are the ones I ordered based off your recommendation much smaller? Adam, I'll be continually checking your progress and schematics so I can mirror my own after yours. Amazing work!