RobotCamel
02-05-2015, 07:54 AM
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Here is a wiring diagram for my first ever saber. I'm hoping that someone with more experience could check my work so I don't mess up any of the components. I think everything is labeled well enough in the diagram, but please ask if I missed any important information.
A couple of notes about the diagram:
I'm sure my Wattage is higher than it needs to be on both resistors, but they only have a 10W 5.6 Ohm in the store, and I have 1/4 Watt resistors at home for the accent LED. I believe it doesn't hurt anything to be higher right? Also, the accent LED will be the red ring of a 16mm AV switch. The store says it runs at 20mA, but he accent LED pads have a max 18mA (from what the manual says). I'm calculating the resistor running at 15mA, to keep it under the 18mA max. Will it light up with less current like that?
Finally, I'd like to have a RICE port (I can figure out the wiring for that based on the manual). But, every tutorial I've seen about configuring with RICE involves an RGB blade, not a dedicated colored blade. And it looks like the only LED configuration buttons in the program are for the various combinations of R, G and B. Does anyone know of a tutorial out there, because I couldn't find one? I assume I would just manually set channel 1 current for the blade color. And then, then if I understand the manual, I'd set the channel 2 FOC current to the max (1500mA)?
Thank you for any assistance!
Here is a wiring diagram for my first ever saber. I'm hoping that someone with more experience could check my work so I don't mess up any of the components. I think everything is labeled well enough in the diagram, but please ask if I missed any important information.
A couple of notes about the diagram:
I'm sure my Wattage is higher than it needs to be on both resistors, but they only have a 10W 5.6 Ohm in the store, and I have 1/4 Watt resistors at home for the accent LED. I believe it doesn't hurt anything to be higher right? Also, the accent LED will be the red ring of a 16mm AV switch. The store says it runs at 20mA, but he accent LED pads have a max 18mA (from what the manual says). I'm calculating the resistor running at 15mA, to keep it under the 18mA max. Will it light up with less current like that?
Finally, I'd like to have a RICE port (I can figure out the wiring for that based on the manual). But, every tutorial I've seen about configuring with RICE involves an RGB blade, not a dedicated colored blade. And it looks like the only LED configuration buttons in the program are for the various combinations of R, G and B. Does anyone know of a tutorial out there, because I couldn't find one? I assume I would just manually set channel 1 current for the blade color. And then, then if I understand the manual, I'd set the channel 2 FOC current to the max (1500mA)?
Thank you for any assistance!