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Thread: Color shifting with the Nano and tri rebel rgb

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    Small update. I got this saber wired up. I set the NB drive down to 3.45V and only put a resistor on the red die. The red wasn't bright enough so I put the drive back up to 3.7 volts. When I lit the blue and green together for cyan, it came on for a second and then shut down. I don't know if the pcb on the battery tripped, or the NB. I inserted the kill key and removed it again, and everything was fine. Both the blue and green die were drawing 1 mA each. The accent led in the crystal chamber was drawing an additional 40 mA. I wouldn't think that would be enough to trip the pcb on he 18650. I guess it was the NB? It doesn't seem to be damaged. Everything works fine as long as I don't light the blue and green together at full power. They work fine together with the drive adjustment lower than 3.7 V.
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    How do you have the blue and green wired together?
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    Sorry, in parallel. It's royal blue and green. Here's the wiring diagram.

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    Never mind. I misread your post. Carry on.
    Last edited by Forgetful Jedi Knight; 02-19-2014 at 01:46 PM.
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    There are none, only on the red. I set it up that way because I was planning to leave the drive adjustment at 3.45 V. Now I want it at 3.7 V because the red isn't bright enough. I'm going to put a small resistor on the blue and green now. It's easier than reducing the resistance to the red since those resistors are buried in the control board.

    I was just curious why it popped, whether it was the NB or the battery pcb. Even at 3.7 V it should have been close enough to the voltage of the blue and green to be fine. I'm wondering if it was having 2040 mA on the NB, which I think has a 2 A limit.
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    You are likely not going to be able to change colors "on the fly". The NB was NEVER designed for stuff like that. You will probably have to set a color, then turn the NB on and you'll be OK.
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    Oh I haven't tried shifting colors on the fly. I don't plan to. I turn it off before changing colors. I'm not sure what would happen if I hot swapped the colors. I don't really wanna find out.

    I turned it off, set it to cyan at full power, and pop. I'll resistor the blue and green and it should be fine. I was just wondering if anyone knew what actually popped, the NB or the battery.
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  8. #28

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    I would guess your battery.
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