Hey guys, so I?m designing my first lightsaber, and I have a basic electronic blueprint made up, but I need help making sure my plan is solid and that there are no glaring errors before I begin work.

This is my current blue print. staff build sheet.jpg

My goal is to have the staff set up so that I can custom choose the color of the blade via menu options like in GCSabers - http://genesiscustomsabers.com/?p=2791 .
It will also host a rotating crystal chamber in the center of the staff found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azjmAvSdXXs . I?m waiting to hear back from the builder to see if this set up could handle light to medium dueling as that is the most I plan on doing with this saber as it will mainly be a display and trick saber then a battle saber. My electronics blueprints was based off of the schematics in the chamber video above for placement, etc. I was also planning on using an RGB LED in the chamber, but was wondering how I would wire that so that it would normally be one color, but if possible wire it up so that it flashes to another at the same time when the blade flashes?

V1 is the simple version, with two sound cards rigged to each emitter making it two separate hilts attached via coupler, however I am trying to avoid this to save costs though. Box and covertech are located close to the back of the hilt (next to the coupler). In order shown, battery is hooked to recharge port, (that way if the kill is in, power to the chamber will be cut off) which hooks to chamber motor and LED (that way it is always on, even if the blade is off), from there the charge port connects to the momentary switch, to the petite crouton, then the soundboard to the speaker and LED. Now I want FOC, so I assume I bridge the link between the board and LED with one of these? http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Co...iver-P609.aspx

I also noticed that the shop offers a luxeon tri rebel star http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Lu...Star-P777.aspx which in the describtion, offers a RGB LED option, but in the drop down purchase bar, does not offer this option. Does that just mean that it is out of stock? I was looking to get this LED as I am assuming this is what you would need to be able to choose what color blade you want to have using the board as in the GCS saber video above. I also was thinking of splitting the FOC wires, so that way the crystal flashes at the same time as the blade.

V1.5 is a style change, where the choke, activation box, and covertech clips are gold instead of silver.

V2 is a little bit more complicated as I am using one board for both blades to save money. The setup is the same as V1 except with a slight change to make up for the missing board, including the activation box and covertech centered in the 4inch tube, instead of offset. I was thinking of having the board link to both LEDs, that way if the board detects a clash, or if I change the color if the blade, it effects both ends of the saber. Also if I were to wire it up in this fashion, and use a QD plug for the FOC wires on the boardless saber, would the LED default to the regular colors since it isn?t being told by the board what color it should be? Is this possible, or should I just take the easy and expensive option and have two sound boards.

I went through a lot of the forum and bookmarked tutorials on wiring basic hilts, recharge ports, LEDs, etc, and also I noticed on the forums that some people used cheap soundboards, and had their LEDs rigged to switches that way they could choose what color blade they want via internally rather than through a menu feature externally. http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...rystal-Chamber I?m thinking that by doing this and having cheap nano boards may be the best way to go now.

Thanks for the help, and sorry for the heavy text.