othelarian
03-20-2014, 03:45 AM
Hi everybody,
I create a new thread here, because I want to be sure I'm not making a really bad wiring.
To explain a little bit the idea, the saber is divided in three technical parts (four but two similar) :
* the main hilt
* the aux hilt
* the EL manifolds (x2)
A little picture to illustrate :
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w596/othelarian/nunchukdesign_2_zpse0adb3be.png (http://s1331.photobucket.com/user/othelarian/media/nunchukdesign_2_zpse0adb3be.png.html)
The simpliest part is the EL manifolds, because is just two EL wires with a transparent 2.5mm sheath braided together and solder in jack plugs to connect them to the other parts to obtain a double helix from the aux hilt to the main hilt and around the blade.
The aux hilt integrate a simple EL wires driver with a battery and a led, and the female jack to plug the EL manifolds.
The main hilt is a little bit complex, with to latching switches, two recharge ports, the battery for the crystal chamber and the luxeon rebel star, the buckpuck, and female jack plugs for the EL manifolds.
The two hilts are fix on each ends of the blade with screws, so I can easily remove the aux hilt and the EL manifolds to have a simple saber, or just the EL manifolds if I don't want to use it, to have a illuminated staff.
My wiring schema :
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w596/othelarian/nunchuk_circuit_zpse03ffbdd.png (http://s1331.photobucket.com/user/othelarian/media/nunchuk_circuit_zpse03ffbdd.png.html)
There are plenty of wires in the main hilt, so if someone can check it, I'll be eternally grateful for the help.
I selected the dynaOhm for each accent led because in France the battery can be expansive, so I will use classic 3x 1.5 V non rechargeable cells to start, and when I'll stacked enough money, I'll switch for 3x 1.2 V rechargeable NiMH cells, and I don't want to change all the resistors between.
It's just a prototype, I don't know if I can really do this, but I hope.
I create a new thread here, because I want to be sure I'm not making a really bad wiring.
To explain a little bit the idea, the saber is divided in three technical parts (four but two similar) :
* the main hilt
* the aux hilt
* the EL manifolds (x2)
A little picture to illustrate :
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w596/othelarian/nunchukdesign_2_zpse0adb3be.png (http://s1331.photobucket.com/user/othelarian/media/nunchukdesign_2_zpse0adb3be.png.html)
The simpliest part is the EL manifolds, because is just two EL wires with a transparent 2.5mm sheath braided together and solder in jack plugs to connect them to the other parts to obtain a double helix from the aux hilt to the main hilt and around the blade.
The aux hilt integrate a simple EL wires driver with a battery and a led, and the female jack to plug the EL manifolds.
The main hilt is a little bit complex, with to latching switches, two recharge ports, the battery for the crystal chamber and the luxeon rebel star, the buckpuck, and female jack plugs for the EL manifolds.
The two hilts are fix on each ends of the blade with screws, so I can easily remove the aux hilt and the EL manifolds to have a simple saber, or just the EL manifolds if I don't want to use it, to have a illuminated staff.
My wiring schema :
http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w596/othelarian/nunchuk_circuit_zpse03ffbdd.png (http://s1331.photobucket.com/user/othelarian/media/nunchuk_circuit_zpse03ffbdd.png.html)
There are plenty of wires in the main hilt, so if someone can check it, I'll be eternally grateful for the help.
I selected the dynaOhm for each accent led because in France the battery can be expansive, so I will use classic 3x 1.5 V non rechargeable cells to start, and when I'll stacked enough money, I'll switch for 3x 1.2 V rechargeable NiMH cells, and I don't want to change all the resistors between.
It's just a prototype, I don't know if I can really do this, but I hope.