I have a few questions
Accent LEDs all have their own resistors as do Power LEDs I see where PLI goes etc
I uderstand what things need to be bridged now etc
1) There are two Grounds on the board, do they both function the same, do they have to wire as in manual or can I mix and match between the two?
There are many ground spots on the board, and there are two types of grounds on Plecter boards: signal grounds and power grounds. DO NOT MIX THE TWO.
2) Can I wire the rumble motor to the FoC on top connections so it only runs on FOC, if not how is it wired to FoC,
IF you are using CF7, you can wire the rumble motor to the 4th channel (with resistor) and set that channel to only come on during FoC. If you wire the motor to any of the other channel, it will be on if you do any kind of color mixing. The board won't distinguish a motor from an LED.
3) Can the rumble motor be wired to Blade Lock too?
Same as above.
4) The Power indicator LED can this be wired to the power button instead of dedicated LED
Yes.
5) Does rumble need LED, i assume it shows activation of rumble, I am guessing it needs to be separate to power LED
Huh?
6) Does PLI need any other circuitry like residter or Pex or is it all built in
PLI is a software function and designates all or part of the 8 accent LED pads for this purpose (on CF), only resistors are needed for the LEDs themselves.
7) SMT resisters do not need to be calculated? instead you restrict the LED used? or is that just an example? if 603 are used what does that do from an electrictic point of view? more resistance, less brightness? what would that do? less amps? same voltage? or more of things? "As a space saver PC embeds the footprints for SMT resistors. The footprint is made for 0402 resistors like Farnell reference # 1357998 (22 ohm value provided as an example, user must do the math for the actually used accent LEDs – see below). 0603 resistors will also fit and they are easier to solder"
Silber Serpent answered this one quite well. As for the 'easy to solder' part. No. I hate them, and I am fairly proficient at them after probably 150+ CF installs now. Think (literally, this is no exaggeration) about trying to use a needle to tattoo a flea and you'll have an idea of what a 0402 resistor is like to work with.
What affect would wiring SMT Resistors do if no LEDS are wired? will they have no impact as not used? Why were they left off? to lower costs? Do People wire these instead of other resistors?
9) I am guessing it is not viable to use connectors on everything due to space. I see there are a lot of wires in the manual terminating to the same places would be be better to connect 1 wire to the board and branch that one wire many times and use shrink wrap?
I use quick connects on a lot of my CF builds. Makes testing outside the hilt easy, and installation of completed electronics much quicker. If you look around at Mouser and Digikey, you'll find a TON of small quick connects in many different configs.
10) I am looking at extending a chassis and using acrylic disks rods and fibre optics to make a Crystal Chamber and use like a spacer with male threads either side to fix in the middle of the chassis so the saber can be unscrewed to reveal the chamber but that would need the main LED to be attached to the Chassis and not the Blade Holder else the wires could be twisted off or pinched so fixed would be better. If not that may be machine out part of the forward extension then hide the hole under a shroud
This is subjective to how you want your build to go and is purely personal. However, I usually find a way to have most of the 'functional' stuff in a small forward section that doesn't move and have a mid to rear section that unscrews to reveal...whatever you want. A lot of us do this.
11) MHS If I use extensions instead of main body (more stylish looking) can they me modified to house a button box I want to have R.I.C.E, recharge, Power and Aux all together (Activation box style 13)
Yes, if you are willing to do the work. YOu could ask Tim to do it for you, but he would have to have a clear and concise plan of what size holes and exactly where you want them.
12) Can the recharge port be wired to work without Kill key?
No. This would be bad.
I am getting closer to pricing up parts, the Builder is a Nice tool but it does not display all parts, how do I discuss any customisations for holes or machining the MHS parts as the options in store will alert that changes are wanted but not what, do you just order then discuss quote after or do I need to customise myself? I have questions about chassis parts also
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