First Build Design, Wiring, and Parts List!

[Grimlock84]

Well hopefully I got this right!

This is a non-exhaustive list as I have yet to calculate resistor values and I am also rather forgetful so I may very well have left something/s off.

Design

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I will do some etching inside the line on the sleeve material as well.

Wiring

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It's been awhile since I've messed with electronics so I'm not sure this is correct...

Parts List


MHS choke style 1 short
Hilt style 2 (no hole)
MHS Sleeve material
MHSV1 Blade Holder Style 13 (with V3 Heatsink)
Activation box style 10
16mm Anti Vandal Short Momentary Blue Ring Switch
Yellow LED indicator
Momentary to latching converter 4.5-20V
Collimator Lens 8.7 deg viewing angle
Luxeon Rebel Star (Royal Blue)
Luxeon Rebel Lens Holder
Star thermal tape pad
MPS Pommel style 8
MPS Clip
MPS Insert style 6
Switchcraft 2.1mm Power Jack
7.4v Li-ion 2600mAh 18650 Battery Pack
7.4V Li-ion smart charger with 2.1mm plug
Kill plug style 5 (Color: None)
8-32 x 3/8" Stainless Steel thumb screw
Black machined button for Covertec clip
Covertec Clip
8-32 x 3/8" socket head
1" Hilt safety plug (Trans White)
2W 28mm Bass Speaker


Work Station

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And just for kicks, I thought I would put up a pic of where I will build and wire up my first saber!!!:D

[Zacharyah]

Cool design, and I really dig the shroud. Just make sure it's less than 12" long, or that you check to see if the shop has longer pieces of sleeve material in stock. I designed the shroud on my saber before I realized that the sleeve material wasn't sold by the foot, but luckily Tim had some 18" pieces in stock with cosmetic damage my design could absorb.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

You could save yourself some wiring by eliminating the 5volt regulator and 7.4 volt pack. A single 18650 @ 3.7 volts will run your set up just fine, even with the two accent leds. I've dome similar set ups before and all worked just fine.

[Adam]

ZT on the workbench! I like it :)

[Grimlock84]

You could save yourself some wiring by eliminating the 5volt regulator and 7.4 volt pack. A single 18650 @ 3.7 volts will run your set up just fine, even with the two accent leds. I've dome similar set ups before and all worked just fine.

That would be awesome!

On a side note:
Will running the primary (Rebel Star) LED straight off the MR Vader soundboard will give me the mA required to drive the led or should I power it through a buck puck and ground it through the board?

[Grimlock84]

ZT on the workbench! I like it :)

Thanks! love my ZTs!

[Jay-gon Jinn]

That would be awesome!

On a side note:
Will running the primary (Rebel Star) LED straight off the MR Vader soundboard will give me the mA required to drive the led or should I power it through a buck puck and ground it through the board?unless its he red rebel,yes run it straight from the board without a resistor. If its red, you'll need the appropriate resistor. A buck puck won't help you if you use a single li-ion cell, as the puck requires a minimum of 5 volts to operate. Also keep in mind that in order to get the full current from the board to your main led, you'll need to use all 6 of the ground pads for the led string the board used to power.