New style hasbro saber!!! Please help!

[Et Kin Evenstar]

One thing still puzzling me....how to wire up the Vader/Anakin boards that have the lights embedded into the board? Possible or not?

[cardcollector]

Yes, Just Solder Wire leads to where to LED's were connected...

[Darth Abominor]

I've made a tutorial...
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...ad.php?t=10288

I guess I should've posted this here sooner...

As I am still on the learning curve here, I assume this is a direct from Sound Board driven LED setup in this tutorial. If so, what steps, with relay and latching switches or the like, would need to be taken for a 4.5-6v setup with a direct from source driven LED (assuming Lux3/5 or Cree or along those lines)?

[Rhyen Skytracker]

One thing still puzzling me....how to wire up the Vader/Anakin boards that have the lights embedded into the board? Possible or not?

I unsoldered the existing LEDs, removed the LED board and then soldered wires to where the board was.

[cardcollector]

As I am still on the learning curve here, I assume this is a direct from Sound Board driven LED setup in this tutorial. If so, what steps, with relay and latching switches or the like, would need to be taken for a 4.5-6v setup with a direct from source driven LED (assuming Lux3/5 or Cree or along those lines)?

No step need to be taken for the latching switches becuase you can't you latching. Only momentary.

It all depends on the relay...
radio shack has one, there is also a thread on relays...
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...ead.php?t=9642

[Shadar Al'Niende]

... If so, what steps, with relay and latching switches or the like, would need to be taken for a 4.5-6v setup with a direct from source driven LED (assuming Lux3/5 or Cree or along those lines)?

I believe he would HAVE to have a latching in that case..i think you misread

[cardcollector]

Woopth...

In that case yes for a lachting...

All the other stuff is the same. (I think, my brain is so tired...)

[Darth Abominor]

I believe he would HAVE to have a latching in that case..i think you misread

I would easily guess that a latching is a primary req, since it would be direct to LED driven from source.. just making sure. What I don't have any personal experience with is the use of a latching switch on a sound board meant for mom switch activation and shutdown. I assume this is where a relay comes into play to act as a temp 'click' for the source to board flow controller?

[Rhyen Skytracker]

You can not use a latching switch for the card. If you are looking to direct drive the LED or use a buck puck then you need to use a relay and have the coil of the relay energized from the card LED output. You can also use a DPDT momentary switch and use one set of contacts for the sound and for the other set use a lighthound set up to convert the momentary action to a latching action.

Here is a thread at FX-sabers on how to use a lighthound to make a momentary switch act as a latching.

http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=22399.0

[TroyO]

You "may" be able to put a capacitor across the relay coil as well.... the charge may be enough to keep the relay energized while it does it's blinky-clash thing.