Hasbro "Saber Builder"

[JakeSoft]

Yesterday was Force Friday, so of course I secured one of the new cheapie lightsabers with the intention of ripping it apart to make something cooler. I am referring to the new "Blade Builder" series.

It looks like Hasbro as gone to 16 Ohm speakers. This will make them incompatible with the 8 Ohm speakers that TCSS sells unless you add an 8 Ohm resistor in series. Failure to do so may cause under-loading of the boards amplifier circuit and cause it to break. I'm working a write-up of how to disassemble the new sabers, but for now I thought I'd post this info as a heads-up to the *real* saber builders here.

Update: I finished the tear-down guide. You can view it here:CLICK HERE

[Kouri]

I'll be taking note of this, as I've been eyeing that $30 Kylo Ren for a custom crossguard build. Don't know how different the internals are compared to the rest of the blade builder series though, considering it only runs on two AAs.

Being a bit new to this, though, might one instead use two 8 Ohm speakers in series, rather than one resistor and one speaker?

[JakeSoft]

Being a bit new to this, though, might one instead use two 8 Ohm speakers in series, rather than one resistor and one speaker?

You might be able to do that in theory. Personally, I'd just use a resistor because I don't want to find space for another speaker in my build.

[JakeSoft]

For anyone interested, here is what the board looks like from the Luke Skywalker version.

[Halliwax]

The Luke is out???? I thought it didn't come out until November??? Luke ANH that is

[JakeSoft]

The Luke is out???? I thought it didn't come out until November??? Luke ANH that is

Nah, it's the Luke ROTJ version.

[Steli Demar]

Hey JakeSoft ? What type of LED did you use on this build?

[JakeSoft]

Hey JakeSoft ? What type of LED did you use on this build?

It's a red Luxeon Rebel @ 700 ma.

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