Dec
10
2007
Make your own USB Christmas Lights
Posted by: java in Interesting & Fun, tags: Christmas, DIY
Deck the halls with boughs of USB Christmas lights! Today, its time to get your hands dirty with a DIY project. You could be generic and use a wall-outlet powered Christmas string of lights, but if you are looking for a fun project to dress up your mobile device (Laptop?), or your Desktop computer, then this is for you!
What you need:
- USB Connector Cable
(The male end of a USB cable… I had some spare useless USB cables laying around) - Battery operated Christmas lights (5 volt powered: 2-3 battery)
- A few miscellaneous tools
Make these lights!
- Cut your USB cable in half (If it has a plug on each side).
You want to strip the end of the USB cable to access the red (+) and black (-) wires. Disregard the metal wrapping and the two other colored wires. - Cut the battery pack off of your Christmas lights. Be sure to note the polarity of the wires (+ and -).
- Strip the two ends of your Christmas lights.
- Solder or simply tie + electrical tape both positives and negatives together from the USB cable and the string of lights. Positive to positive, negative to negative.
- Plug your USB lights into your USB port, and dress your desk (or computer) up with some festive USB Christmas lights!
Tip! Colored and white lights work, LEDs work best because they are most power efficient. They must be battery powered lights or this will not work, USB only outputs 5 +/- 0.25v. Standard wall-powered Christmas lights consume at least 12 volts.
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