Minecraft Raspberry Pi Case with lights

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UPDATE 08/18/17: Schematic for the LED array posted. I installed them with the colors staggered somewhat evenly. They are currently connected through the 3.3v power. I am thinking I may want to test it at 5v, as the lights aren't quite as bright as I had hoped. Edit 2: Tried it through 5v. I like it better... posted both schematics, use whichever you prefer. The only difference is whether you connect the power wire through pin 1 or pin 2. Edit 3: Server is up and running. Lights are lighting. 100% finished. ------------------------------------- UPDATE 08/17/17: The lights are working! I modified the code from this tutorial to make the lights do what I wanted them to do: https://www.sunfounder.com/learn/Super_Kit_V2_for_RaspberryPi/lesson-3-flowing-led-lights-super-kit-for-raspberrypi.html The script needs to run at startup: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/linux/usage/rc-local.md I am using this write-up to set-up the server, but I haven't finished yet: http://lemire.me/blog/2016/04/02/setting-up-a-robust-minecraft-server-on-a-raspberry-pi/ I will work on the server part tomorrow. I will also post the schematic and more pictures tomorrow. ------------------------------------- 08/16/17 Planning for this to have lights inside that switch from red (redstone) yellow (gold) blue (lapis) and white (diamonds) I have not finished the internals for that, but I should have done by tomorrow evening. In the meantime, here is the case with the PI mount inside, I designed this to house my family Minecraft server. It seemed appropriate... but I also wanted it to double as a spiffy nightlight.