LED Lighting and a Kill Switch

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For the first (and definitely not the last) modification to my printer, I’ve
added some LED lights. I’ve used a cheap strip of USB-powered RGB LEDs, and
they’re held in place around the top of the frame with their adhesive backing
and some zip ties (for extra support!)

Currently they’re powered by an external USB plug, but I could probably hook
them up to something on the printer or PSU. I might look at that in the future…

I also hooked up a rather dramatic looking kill switch to be able to quickly
turn off the printer when something goes wrong. It’s sort of bodged together at
the moment, I should probably print an enclosure for that…

[IMAGE: https://blog.omgmog.net/images/3d-printing/IMG_20180113_105950.jpg]

[IMAGE: https://blog.omgmog.net/images/3d-printing/IMG_20180115_142456.jpg]

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Published January 13, 2018

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Max Glenister is an interface designer and senior full-stack developer from
Oxfordshire. He writes mostly about front-end development and technology.

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