I’ve done some simple mods on my PICADE, as mentioned in another thread, I changed the artwork to Connor’s Pacman design.
Since then I’ve also added a marquee light, changed some buttons, and added decals.
Internally there’s now a powered USB hub, which I run the lighting from, as I was already pushing my 2A power supply with just the screen, the Pi3 and the amplifier cranked up.
Here’s a list of what I added, which may be of interest/use:
Strip of 5v LED lights (bright white) with USB plug (£1.82)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301809580976
Pi3 Aluminium heatsinks (£1.59)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161982408521
Illuminated (5V) bezel buttons (£8.10 each)
I cannibalised an old USB cable to power these. The red (5v) and black (GND) wires in the USB cable were soldered to the red and black on the buttons, the other two wires from the button connect to the wires used by the buttons being replaced.
Replacement yellow joystick ball top, to maintain the pacman theme (£1.80)
Pacman Stencils (£2.99)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152106687966
I cut a marquee blanking panel from plywood, and spray painted it matt black, to prevent the marquee light shining down onto the screen. I used black insulation foam (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161697946665) along the back of the blanking panel to avoid any light seepage out the front.
They’re not very involved mods by any means, but were very simple to do and made my PICADE a bit more unique!
Only problem is I kind of want to make an Golden Axe themed one now!