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[Arkku](http://www.flickr.com/photos/arkku/50012122/in/pool-make/) made this glowing Keyboard using a just one Blue LED!

I didn’t take any pictures while I was installing the LED, but it wasn’t difficult. Basically, I opened up the keyboard (three screws in the bottom), located the +5v and ground leads (red and black wire in my keyboard) and soldered a 3.3v/30mA 5mm bright blue LED to them, with a 68ohm resistor.

To make the light reach the clear base of the keyboard, I also made a small hole in the white plastic that touches the clear acrylic at the bottom of the keyboard and taped the LED in that hole with electrical tape. (Note that the hole only goes deep enough to reach the clear base, not through it.)

All in all, I’m very happy with the results. The mod took about 30 minutes to install and cost practically nothing (had the LED and resistor lying around

I think i will have to mod my Mac Keyboard when i get some spaire time, it certanly beats my plans for making mine glow,

I had thought about using EL wire, and wrapping that inside the base, but an LED is certianly a lot les power hungry, and wont require an external power source

after several Failed attempts to pick up one of [Apple’s Acclamed Mac Mini](http://www.apple.com/macmini/gallery/)
I am getting closer to being the proude owner :D

The money is almost in the right account, just got to wait the customery too long for the check to clear, then i can place my online order to MAC and get myself the Rather Spangaly 1.42GHz box of shiney:-

- 1.42GHz PowerPC G4
- 512MB DDR333 SDRAM
- ATI Radeon 9200
- 32MB DDR video memory
- 80GB Ultra ATA hard drive
- Combo drive (DVD/CD-RW)
- DVI or VGA video output
- AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth included
- 56k Internal Modem optional

As such we will have to wait and see :D