{"id":181,"date":"2016-05-09T04:23:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T04:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ixen-robotics.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2016-07-26T02:42:36","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T02:42:36","slug":"building-bb-8-part-4-dome-assembly-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ixen-robotics.com\/blog\/building-bb-8-part-4-dome-assembly-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Building BB-8: Part 4 \u2013 Dome Assembly Electronics (Lights &#038; Sounds)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 3D printed files from the BB-8 Builders Club have 3mm LED slots. I wanted to use RGB LED as it gives me the flexibility to change the colour of the lights. Unfortunately RGB LED are not available in 3mm. I created an adaptor for mounting <a href=\"https:\/\/ixen-robotics.com\/product\/rgb-programmable-led-5mm\">5mm RGB LED<\/a>. 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