TrypWyr
07-02-2012, 10:48 PM
Hey TCSS'ers,
Hoping someone can help me with this issue. I put together my first saber with no sound, but it just didn't seem right so I pulled the 2005 Mace board out of my conversion.
It works great, except I get no power down sound. At least, not reliably. Basically the same issue I've read about with the SW-616 boards. I have the board and the LED wired in parallel. As long as the LED is plugged in, I get no (or sporadic) power down. If I unplug the LED and just power the board, all works fine. As suggested in the SW-616 thread, I've also tried installing 2 diodes, one between the resistor and the LED, the other on the main power pos from the battery the the LED. Doesn't seem to help at all. (And, just like with that other board, the power down sounds do tend to get more reliable as the batteries die a little... figure that one out...)
At this point, I am just about ready to order my PC, so this Mace board will be going to my son's new Iron Man saber. I would love to either get this issue resolved so I can have the LED and board wired parallel, or determine if the mace board can push a Rebel Blue all by itself. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate any documentation on what the on-board LED leads can supply (V, mA) on MR boards. Also an option would be to use a 1000mA buckpuck instead of resistor for the parallel LED (once they are back in stock), could that possibly make a difference?
Thanks for the assist all, I appreciate it! I've been bitten by the saber bug after picking up the parts for my first saber... now I've almost got all the parts for my son's saber and can't wait to put it all together. My saber still isn't finished yet, have to redesign my shroud concepts, but getting there. Hopefully I will soon have some pieces worthy of showing off! :D
Thanks,
Tryp
Hoping someone can help me with this issue. I put together my first saber with no sound, but it just didn't seem right so I pulled the 2005 Mace board out of my conversion.
It works great, except I get no power down sound. At least, not reliably. Basically the same issue I've read about with the SW-616 boards. I have the board and the LED wired in parallel. As long as the LED is plugged in, I get no (or sporadic) power down. If I unplug the LED and just power the board, all works fine. As suggested in the SW-616 thread, I've also tried installing 2 diodes, one between the resistor and the LED, the other on the main power pos from the battery the the LED. Doesn't seem to help at all. (And, just like with that other board, the power down sounds do tend to get more reliable as the batteries die a little... figure that one out...)
At this point, I am just about ready to order my PC, so this Mace board will be going to my son's new Iron Man saber. I would love to either get this issue resolved so I can have the LED and board wired parallel, or determine if the mace board can push a Rebel Blue all by itself. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate any documentation on what the on-board LED leads can supply (V, mA) on MR boards. Also an option would be to use a 1000mA buckpuck instead of resistor for the parallel LED (once they are back in stock), could that possibly make a difference?
Thanks for the assist all, I appreciate it! I've been bitten by the saber bug after picking up the parts for my first saber... now I've almost got all the parts for my son's saber and can't wait to put it all together. My saber still isn't finished yet, have to redesign my shroud concepts, but getting there. Hopefully I will soon have some pieces worthy of showing off! :D
Thanks,
Tryp