new ideas to incorporate in design

[widowmaker]

scrolling/chasing LED. make sure you watch the youtube video on the bottom of the page.

http://cgi.ebay.com/8-LED-Knight-Rid...item35a6e2594a

http://cgi.ebay.com/8-LED-Chaser-PIC...item35a6b68aab

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28odS...eature=related

VU Meter

http://www.youtube.com/user/hobbykit.../7/F89Ggr13uZA


Do a search on youtube and you will get the idea. these should be able to be used/controlled with a CF.

Another good idea is this Mini Plasma Ball

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Pilot-Ip-140...item4a9e53351f

hope you like them. would like to see the plasma ball in the saber contest.

[Jedi-Loreen]

That mini plasma ball is kind of cool, I've never see one that small. I see the quarter in the photo for scale, but it looks like it might be too big to fit inside an MHS hilt, to me. I also don't know how fragile one of those things is.

Not to mention the fact that, since you plug it into a cigarette lighter, it means it runs on 12V.

Still an interesting idea though.

[Rhyen Skytracker]

Those LED sequencers are to big to fit in a saber, but there are some out there that will fit in a saber very easily. I like the plasma ball, I may have to try to get one to see if it will fit.

[Skottsaber]

The plasma ball could be the new crystal chamber! Power matrix... anyone?

[mihunai]

One of those sequencers will allready be put into a saber soon enough
Nice find on the plasma ball though.

mTm

[Rhyen Skytracker]

It is not one of those sequencers, it is a much smaller one. The down side to it is you have to solder all the LEDs yourself and believe me, that is a lot of soldering to do for that board. I extended the wires on the LEDs so I could put them anywhere on the saber, but that was just to test.

[mihunai]

Lots of soldering indeed... 16 blinkies worth of soldering to be precise.
But rest assured, it'll all work out in the end.
i hope...

Anyway, back on topic,
once those VU meters become smaller, i see them making a bigger part
in custom sabers all around.
I mean, blinkies dont do that much, and can be quite random,
sequencers may be pretty, but give no feedback whatsoever,
bargraphs just scroll up and down,
VU-meters look pretty, and give a feedback on the sound/main LED/etc...

mTm

[Kal El Rah]

I figured I'd measure the diameter of a quarter, well it's almost 1 in. so the plasma ball looks to be 2 in. I did read that it might be 1.5 in. but even at that size, it wont fit.

[Jedi-Loreen]

That's what I was thinking, that it looked to be about 1 1/2" in diameter.

[Shadar Al'Niende]

...Not to mention the fact that, since you plug it into a cigarette lighter, it means it runs on 12V.

Still an interesting idea though.

Good call J-lo. The picture on that listing shows (if you look close) 12v on the package...