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Flex
7th December 2014, 02:00 PM
A while back I was playing with my GU drivers side window switch module trying to make it work without the key and I found that Nissan (or Niles, Nissan's supplier) had design it so you could have LEDs under all the switches. So I set to work to add them in

First was to find the correct LED that Nissan had used, so I order a whole bunch of LEDs from different manufactures to match the colour with the original one. Below is my testing:
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Next was to brightness match them new LEDs with the rest of the car interior lighting. Nissan had used the most odd size resistors in their design so it was very hard for me to source them, I eventually sourced them and soldered them onto the circuit board:
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This is the the switch module installed into the car:
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For anyone wishing to do the same to their car below are the steps:

Remove the module from the car
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Disassemble the module removing the white base from the house by the 4 clips around the side
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Un-solder the white base from the circuit board as you need to access the top of the circuit board
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You won't have these wires, these were my power feeds during testing
Solder 5 (I replace the original LED as well) LEDs onto the PCB at the red circled locations:
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Solder 2 1210 size 4.7K ohm resistors at these locations:
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Then another 1210 size 4.7K ohm resistor here (on the top of the circuit board)
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Solder a 2010 size 4.7K ohm resistor here
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Solder a 2010 size 2K ohm resistor here
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Re-solder the white base to the circuit board
Assembly the white base/circuit board and switches

Punderhead
7th December 2014, 06:07 PM
That's awesome mate! Probably a little more eletrickery stuff than I want to play with but still looks pretty cool.

Cheers

mudski
7th December 2014, 09:06 PM
I like it. A lot. Might be helpful to say the required iron used and type of solder and anything else that may help.

BillsGU
8th December 2014, 08:26 AM
I like it. A lot. Might be helpful to say the required iron used and type of solder and anything else that may help.

That's only a part of it Mudski. The main part is the skill so you don't burn all the copper tracks off the circuit board when desoldering the plug contacts!!! Not something you would tackle without a little bit of soldering experience, IMHO.

Agronaught
8th December 2014, 08:48 AM
1210's.. haven't seen those in a while. I'm so used to 0402's that I'm not sure my mind would cope :/

Flex
8th December 2014, 09:01 AM
This is the soldering iron and tools I used to remove the white base and load the surface mount parts

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1210 & 2510 sizes are used for the power handling.

threedogs
8th December 2014, 11:25 AM
would it be fair to say that a Ti would have these led as std?

mudski
8th December 2014, 11:44 AM
would it be fair to say that a Ti would have these led as std?

Just looking at my switches and the window switches on mine dont seem to have the clear bit for the light. Unless they do and they just need a good clean. Lol.

Flex
8th December 2014, 12:28 PM
The LED windows in the switches aren't very clear, there are more frosty if anything.

clubbyr8
29th June 2015, 05:59 PM
Old thread I know, but where did you source the parts from, and approximate cost?

Flex
4th July 2015, 04:29 PM
The parts where sourced from element14 http://au.element14.com/ You are looking around $10 max for all the parts.