L-TEK Core & L-TEK Prime Dance Pad - LED Light Mod w/ External Power Mod

This video is a supplement to the full write up and guide I released with all the details of materials and tools needed to mod the L-TEK Core & L-TEK Prime DDR (4-panel) Dance Pads.

Please read the detailed Write-Up before watching the video to get the best context, and/or if you have questions.

Detailed Write-Up - Reddit version:   / ltek_coreprime_dance_pad_modded_with_led_l...  

Detailed Write-Up - Google Docs version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x...

This write-up and video illustrates my adventure in modding the latest version of the L-TEK Core/Prime dance pad.

The L-TEK Core pad (seen in my pics and video) is already really good as it is. But I honestly just wanted to add working LED lights for each arrow panel when they are stepped on. I didn't realize that there were so many unforeseen nuisances to make it work perfectly, seen perfectly, and have stability.

The mods I created for this L-TEK Core/Prime pad write-up and video:
adding LED Strips (blue for up/down arrows, and red for left/right arrows)
modding all four arrow panels to let light shine through them
adding an external power source (USB Type C) to power the LED lights so that there isn't any power issues compared to tapping into the 5V power from the L-TEK controller board in the dance pad
adding the use of a magnetic breakaway cable for the USB Type C cable that was just added

Specs of PC system being used: (mini-PC)
Intel Core i5 (6th Gen)
8GB DDR4
Windows 10 LTSC (Enterprise)
128GB SSD
Stepmania 5.1 & Outfox 0.5.0
USB 3.0 ports that dance pad is being connected to

Hope this helps someone.

Thanks for watching!

Music: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 "IceCapped" By MkVaff
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