Cire Yeldarb
05-30-2013, 11:39 PM
Hello all!
So for my first saber, I went simple: led, switch, buckpuck, AAA batteries.
For this one, I want to get more fancy and add sound because what is a saber without it. SO basically I decided to with the pre-wired PC board, pre-wired guarded style latching switch, pre-wired Red-Orange LED (trying to make things simple here haha), premium speaker, black momentary aux switch, a li-ion battery pack, and accompanying power jack. And a few JST extension cables to put the rest together.
Can you please double check and make sure I have this setup right though? I want to make sure I am getting this right, cause it all seems like it should be pretty simple with the pre-wiring and all... (Green Circles are supposed to be JST connections to be made, Blue Circles are meant to be places I must solder). Also, I opted out of an Accent LED so that JST extension is X-ed out
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My main question though is which battery pack should I buy? Cause the PC manual said either an 18650 or a 14500, but I don't know which one is better for the setup I have?
so 1) Is the General setup mostly correct?
2) Should I buy the 7.4v Li-ion 2600mAh 18650 Battery Pack, 7.4v Li-ion 1600mAh 14500 Battery Pack, or 7.4v Li-ion 800mAh 14500 Battery Pack (or one I overlooked)?
3) If I understand correctly, I do not need a resistor for the LED with the PC board, right?
4) If I did want an accent LED, I would just have to connect it and the appropriate Resistor to a JST connector and plug it in to the X-ed out connector, correct?
Thank you so much for all your help!
So for my first saber, I went simple: led, switch, buckpuck, AAA batteries.
For this one, I want to get more fancy and add sound because what is a saber without it. SO basically I decided to with the pre-wired PC board, pre-wired guarded style latching switch, pre-wired Red-Orange LED (trying to make things simple here haha), premium speaker, black momentary aux switch, a li-ion battery pack, and accompanying power jack. And a few JST extension cables to put the rest together.
Can you please double check and make sure I have this setup right though? I want to make sure I am getting this right, cause it all seems like it should be pretty simple with the pre-wiring and all... (Green Circles are supposed to be JST connections to be made, Blue Circles are meant to be places I must solder). Also, I opted out of an Accent LED so that JST extension is X-ed out
8828
My main question though is which battery pack should I buy? Cause the PC manual said either an 18650 or a 14500, but I don't know which one is better for the setup I have?
so 1) Is the General setup mostly correct?
2) Should I buy the 7.4v Li-ion 2600mAh 18650 Battery Pack, 7.4v Li-ion 1600mAh 14500 Battery Pack, or 7.4v Li-ion 800mAh 14500 Battery Pack (or one I overlooked)?
3) If I understand correctly, I do not need a resistor for the LED with the PC board, right?
4) If I did want an accent LED, I would just have to connect it and the appropriate Resistor to a JST connector and plug it in to the X-ed out connector, correct?
Thank you so much for all your help!