It took me MONTHS to get this done. It's a Luke Skywalker Empire Strikes Back built from a vintage Graflex. After multiple failed efforts to install two different Nano Biscotte soundboards which just flat-out didn't work (and I still can't figure out why), I decided to give up on the whole "custom soundboard" thing and just go with a basic Master Replicas Force FX soundboard (Anakin Episode III). To do this and still have a small enough switch to hide under the red button, I used a Pololu logic board to convert the small tactile switch to act as a latching switch.
The LED is a Luxeon Rebel Star, Royal Blue. It runs on four AAA batteries.
I wish I could find somewhere to place a speaker grill so I could get more volume out of it, but I can't think of anywhere to do that, so for now I'm dealing with a pretty quiet volume on it. Still, it's awesome to have it complete!
This also marks the FIRST build I've done entirely on my own, including all the electronics. I do owe a huge debt of thanks to Tim (Lendo Avery on here), my electronics Jedi Master, for instruction, advice, patience and supplies through the process. Despite the frustration and inordinate number of hurdles I had to leap to finally get there, I feel pretty darned accomplished!
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