Tekka
04-08-2008, 11:52 AM
I recently took apart a SW-616 saber for the sound board and had a blade and the LED left over and thought about making a small yoda-ish size saber out of junk i had laying around. the only problem is i have no idea how to properly power this thing. i heard that this led was underpowered since the makers decided to not use a heatsink.
Is this LED even worth making a half ass saber out of it? I know each color requires different voltage so that means each color gets a different resistor but i have no idea what resistors i should use.
If i properly heatsink this thing i should be able to give it a little more power to make it brighter right?
Heres the Datasheet I got on it, I plan on using 3-4 1.2 NiMH AA batteries
I'm looking to get the LED as bright as possible without overpowering it and shortening it's life.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c348/Tekka1/data1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c348/Tekka1/data2.jpg
Is this LED even worth making a half ass saber out of it? I know each color requires different voltage so that means each color gets a different resistor but i have no idea what resistors i should use.
If i properly heatsink this thing i should be able to give it a little more power to make it brighter right?
Heres the Datasheet I got on it, I plan on using 3-4 1.2 NiMH AA batteries
I'm looking to get the LED as bright as possible without overpowering it and shortening it's life.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c348/Tekka1/data1.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c348/Tekka1/data2.jpg