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Sean Hollister
The Steam Deck is finally a true gaming PC.

All it took was RGB LEDs.

(And a JSAUX transparent backplate, and a M0 microcontroller, and competent soldering skills, and 1-3W drain on the Deck’s battery... instructions here.)

Green, orange, red, purple, blue, and teal points of light glow out from the back of the Steam Deck with transparent rear plate.
This Steam Deck is spittin’ rainbows.
Photo by u/WUBBSY (Reddit)
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