My First Saber

[Jacen Solo]

Found this forum a week ago and have been reading it ever since. I'm trying to build rechargeable lightsaber with a MR Luke Skywalker ROTJ Force FX soundboard inside. I'm putting an TCSS LED driver into it with a clash sensor soldered on because I want it to 'flash on clash'. I didn't want to do a MR conversion because I want to have my 'own' lightsaber.

Here is my sabers parts list

LED "TCSS style" Battle blade 1" OD (Haven't decided which length yet)
Screw on LED blade holder style 12
MHS choke style 1
Hilt style 2 with guarded style switch hole
Double ended male threaded connector2
Double female threaded connector
MPS Pommel style 3 v1
MPS Insert style 3
MPS Clip
Several Pieces Painted
Machined button for Covertec clip
Covertec clip (Already have this on the way from EBAY because TCSS didn't have any in stock)
8-32 x 1/4" socket head (For covertec clip)
8-32 x 3/8" aluminum thumb screw (For Blade holder)

Soul P4 Blue (Does anyone know what the maH is for the Seoul P4 Blue?)
SPST Latching Guarded switch with blue button
Kill plug style 2
2.1mm Power Jack
PCB for 7.2V-7.4V Li-ion battery packs
2 x Li-Ion 14500 Rechargeable AA size 3.7V 900mAh
Clash Sensor
Constant current LED driver
5V regulator (NEED ADVICE FOR THIS PART OF THE SABER! In front of the MR board? Is it the right way to lower the voltage to whatever voltage the board is? Advice on where to get one would also be appreciated.)
3.7V-14.8V Li-Ion Smart charger (Maybe)(Does anyone know if this is usable is Australia?)
2.1mm plug adapter for smart charger

Heres how I'm going to wire it up (Not an electrician but this is what I came up with. Red is Positive)



I'm hoping it'll end up similar to this



I would greatly accept any input from the pros. I don't want to wreck my first saber by not doing something that I should've.

[Silver Serpent]

Deleted my post, it was full of bad advice.

Never post after a long weekend full of partying, and before your coffee kicks in.

[IG-88]

Your latching switch needs to be on ONLY the red wire, or ONLY on the green wire. Not both.

I haven't worked with the MR boards personally, so I don't know their voltage ranges, but I don't recall seeing any MR board diagrams with a 5V regulator.

I don't see anything else wrong with it, but let some of the more experienced builders chime in before you start soldering.

Okay. I have not used the new driver for any builds yet, so I cannot give advice on that. As for the 5V regulator, it is needed if you are going with the 7.4V li-ion pack because more than 5-6volts will fry a MR board.

Does the driver need a certain amount of voltage, becuase if not you could get by with a single 3.7V lion running the board and a blue P4 and no 5V regulator?

Also, why do you want a latching switch after the recharge port? The port acts as your kill key, so the switch seems unnecessary.

[Silver Serpent]

Be sure you get the LED driver with the latching configuration instead of momentary as well, since it comes in two diferent types.

[X]

From what I have learn there are some problems with the wiring. I used an MR board and an old corban driver together before.

1.You can't get Flash On Clash unless you have a multi-die led so take out the clash sensor.
2.You'll need a DPDT latching switch so you'll have one circuit for the driver board and one for the MR so no power leads to the switch.
I did a quick rework of your diagram.

Also I haven't used a ROTJ board but I know it uses 6 AA batteries that equals 9v so you may not have to use the 5v reg. (Maybe someone else who has used that board before can chime in.)
Hope it helps.

[Jacen Solo]

1.You can't get Flash On Clash unless you have a multi-die led so take out the clash sensor.

What is a multi-die LED?

[xl97]

What is a multi-die LED?

its an LED/STAR with more than one DIE (led/light) under the dome..

if you see an RGB LED.. you will see it has 3 dies (tiny led) under the dome/bubble..

or an RGBA/W will have 4 dies under the dome..

[Jacen Solo]

Where can I get a RGB/W LED?

Edit: And Say I used the Blue from the RGB/W. Where would I wire in the white for the 'flash on clash'

[cardcollector]

googling will help you out a lot. Ledengine is one thing you can google.

Searching around here will also give you some answers.

[xl97]

you dont even need to leave the confines of 'this' forum to get your answers.. so internal linking is ok =)

and you'll need a CF/power extender to do so...(I believe).. not sure if a MR solution has been had.. maybe Gravy did one? (off the top of my head)

not sure if a stand-alone solution has been worked out either.. (perhaps?)

actually here are some links that may be of some help.. read through them.. see the questions and answers by all..


*LEDengin 10W (hint hint)
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...-10W-questions

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...ht=flash+clash

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...power+extender