Black Hole Software Vu Meter

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Only use as prescribed. Computers are functional tools. But sometimes a little glitz is nice too.

Many folks modify their computer’s cases to include a transparent window, internal lights, and even glowing cables inside the computer. I wanted to add a digital VU meter. My motherboard has an AC97 audio connector. That connector is a 10 pin header on your motherboard which transmits audio to your computer’s front panel audio jacks. This project should work with the newer HD audio connectors too but I have not checked that out. My case didn’t have built-in front panel jacks so I added them with a 5.25” all-in-one adapter.

The Ultra Media Dashboard features various flash memory card readers, USB, SATA, and IEEE-1394 ports, audio in/out jacks, and a digital audio SPDIF jack. Several cables connect the Media Dashboard to your computer’s motherboard, including one for the AC97 connector. The key disadvantage to this unit is the USB jacks are not powered; it’s unfortunate the company didn’t decided to make it a fully powered USB hub. If your case already has front panel audio jacks you can tap into the wires which go from the motherboard to those jacks. The VU board has two connectors – a three pin header for audio and a two pin connector for power. I repurposed an old internal CD audio cable to plug into the three pin audio connector. The cable had a four pin connector and with a little bit of work I was able to reconfigure the connector into the three pins I needed.

Buenos dias @mireto, ya he metido la imagen black hole y me paradea la luz en blanco (en teoria esta ok) ahora para meter el archivo de enigma2 ccam.ipk, como lo hago? Via dcc o como? Muchisimas gracias. Black hole 3.0.3 kodi - vu+ zero. The black hole image does not contain any system to download plugins or emulators from external servers or software that may be.

It was a tight fit, but I decided to tap into the lines inside the Media Dashboard. It has an open frame which made it possible but it took a lot of patience to slip the taps around the correct wires, insert the wires from the audio cable with the modified connector, and squeeze the taps together. I cut apart an old Molex Y power splitter cable to get a male Molex 4 pin connector to get the 12 volts to power the VU board. My computer’s got plenty of extra power connectors so I’m not concerned about running out of power connectors in the future.