Auto change RGB led Fan for PC

I had order a bag of 100 rgb led so i get in thought to change any led in any device with rgb.. lol

Sorry this is my first instuctubleand it is a little mesh..

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Step 1: Materials

1 pc fan transparent so the light can pass trough..

3 auto change rgb leds 5 mm

3 resistors 1 K om

40 cm thin cable

CalcProgrammer1 says: Jan 19, 2010. 10:35 PM

Nice project, seeing this was part of my inspiration to build a fully controllable RGB LED fan controller. I like the color changing effect but I wanted to be able to control it from the PC so I'm building one that uses an AVR microcontroller to independently control each RGB LED (my fan takes 4 LED's) as well as the fan speed.

ninjanody (author) in reply to CalcProgrammer1Jan 13, 2011. 4:34 PM

hope to see instructable about ths soon.... ;)

CalcProgrammer1 in reply to ninjanodyJan 13, 2011. 5:50 PM

I made an Instructable about it last year, but I'm making a new design now that will support multiple fans. I also used Processing to create a music visualization with the flashing LED's. I have wired two more fans with 4-pin RGB LED's and will make the circuit boards this weekend, then install in my PC (Antec 900 case). I'll either edit my existing Instructable or make a new one with videos/pics of it.

Nawaz says: Mar 11, 2010. 10:43 AM

Hey...nice instructable...u just gave me an idea... :P
looking forward to build it soon... :D
thanks for sharing... ;)

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punkatsub says: Jul 8, 2009. 7:42 AM

where did you get that many leds, and how much were they?

ninjanody (author) in reply to punkatsubJul 18, 2009. 4:19 AM

i order them from ebay and it came from china for about 25€ with transportation.

punkatsub in reply to ninjanodyJul 18, 2009. 6:57 AM

right, 25 for how many?

ramroids55 says: Jul 14, 2009. 12:21 AM

My fans are wired differently. Any chance i can just cut the wires connected to the current LEDs, and resolder the auto-changing LEDs to those wires? They are the same voltage as the ones in the fan already.

ninjanody (author) in reply to ramroids55Jul 18, 2009. 4:20 AM

ofcourse you can.. just solder them right..

tinkerman92 says: Jun 7, 2009. 3:47 PM

how bout a full rgb auto cycle plexi glass case mod

ninjanody (author) in reply to tinkerman92Jul 18, 2009. 4:17 AM

hope to have time to build soon.. i am in army now...

circles122345 says: Jul 9, 2009. 8:39 PM

where we can buy 3 auto change rgb leds 5 mm?

akatsuki666 says: Feb 25, 2009. 4:31 PM

you guys are smart. can i hook up a rgb led in parallel with the different colors such as: green to red , red to blue . and blue to green pls respond ty.

ninjanody (author) in reply to akatsuki666Feb 26, 2009. 3:49 AM

yes u can connect any color led as is powered to the same voltage... the leds i use they auto cycle colors... u can use rgb led with 4 pins so u can control wich color u want to light up.. if u search in this site u will find shematics for rgb led controllers... or u can do it manual with switch before every led.. best choise is to use a microcontroler an program it as u like...

ninjanody (author) says: Feb 14, 2009. 4:41 PM

also if anyone has some other idea on anything relative please post.....

ninjanody (author) says: Feb 14, 2009. 4:40 PM

for my first instructable is simple good.. i like the mixture of colors that it create... thanks alot......