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besides roughing up the ends of the battery and tinning my soldering iron, I usually run my iron a little hotter (around 370-380degrees c)(wouldn't go above 400c)
helps get the heat in quickly so...

Haha awesome thats your channel?
If so love your work, has really inspired me and a lot of my electronics :)

Are you still selling any of your flash on clash products?

I usually use what ever i got lying around.

but if I was doing something important I would make the effort to work out the sizes needed...

I tried using a countersunk ring neo-magnet.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-NEO-Strong-Countersunk-Neodymium-Magnets-22mm-Rings-/120788350726?pt=AU_Supplies&hash=item1c1f8bf706

I attached it to MPS...

Wow I really like this saber :)
and I like the yellow blade.

Theres a few ways to do it. All depends on how good you want the effect to be and how good you are with electronics.

by far the easiest and cheapest way is to wire up a clash sensor (like found in...

The only real song for sabersmithing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt0UuNpUqK4
Duel of the Fates FTW!

Well first of all, whats your budget?
Either you want to go cheap and nasty, with just the LED batteries and sound board.
or
You got with a more elaborate setup with an LED driver, lithium...

All good ideas (and nice board), I will concentrate on getting what I have now working, post some pics (maybe a vid) of it. Then I will work on getting it on its own PCB.

I will wait and see if I...

Thanks for the advice, I have quickly realized that you can spend money real quick on a project like this. I'm starting to realize for the price the Petit Crouton is hard to beat. Even if I produce a...

Cool :p
I already have the board playing .wav from the SD on one for the pwm outs of the Arduino, the only problem is that the pwm out is limited to 5v 40mA max. Thats why I was asking about the amp...

Ok I will add an audio amp, and that is a good point on size. It is just on 1" at the moment, that is the width of the micro SD card break out board I'm using. Once I have my first board 100%...

Ok guys, I have a few new question for everyone.

How important is sound?

and

How loud dose the sound have to be?

I'm debating the idea of adding an audio amplifier to my sound board,...

Skotts right with a standard Petit Crouton there will be no extend or retract effect. Also to give your saber those effects you need to wire your LED string up in separated segments. If you want more...

As far as i can see it you have 2 choices

1) get a fat as driver, this one should do the job and hopefully fit....

from the sounds of things something busted internally. I personally have never played around with a FX board so im unsure as to how it works. a wiring diagram of how you have it hooked up would help...

Excellent, I think were finally on the same page and Yes I think it will be best to stick clear of LED drivers for now.

I hope that when I'm done to either put a kit together with the code pre...

Cool, thats roughly what Im trying to do.
Only Im using the Arduino nano. Comes with USB interface and up to 20v input.
Can find the around for under $15 USD

Thank you for your input, you have made many good points and I will try and address them all.

First of all I am not trying to build a high end board, I don't want to compete with the likes of Erv...

Haha yeah the nano does. My initial post was incorrect, I was planing on using an Arduino mini for this project as I had one lying around. Its input is 9v

I wasn't talking about a high power input, just a high voltage input. Just a built in voltage regulator (for its internal electronics) I dont want to take the full power of the Batter pack. this...

Excellent, thats another good point for me to think about. I will try to incorporate a high voltage input and high voltage switching.

Hi guys, I have started making the first few steps towards designing an Arduino based sound board and I have realised that I need some outside input.
I know there has already been a failed attempt...

sorry. if you want i will remove my posts.

Cool :)
well Ive got a decent project ahead of me