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Thread: Cheapy Kylo Ren Econo Board wiring check

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    Default Cheapy Kylo Ren Econo Board wiring check

    Hi everyone, I recently built a lightsaber using a 2010 yoda board and I now have "the bug". I purchased the $29 Hasbro Kylo (Blade Builders) saber and ripped out the board. Unfortunately, the board is about 1.5'' wide so I may have to Macgyver the board in the pommel of my next saber. Can someone help me with this wiring diagram? I want to make sure the wiring is close enough to the other econo board diagrams. 10.26.2015_RC STILLS-103.jpgKylo-Wiring.jpg thanks in advance.

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    6v sounds like a sure fire way to burn out the board. Previous 4.5v economy boards burnt out at around 5.5 volts. I'd be a bit worried about throwing more than a single lithium ion at a board that originally ran on only 3v.

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    Take this for what it's worth, but I'm running the Luke Skywalker version (runs on 4.5 V stock) on 6 volts and it hasn't blown up yet.

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    I'm not too worried about the voltage since the other hasbro diagram thread says 3-6v. Does the diagram look sound though?

    EDIT: By the way, the sound is amazing if you give it enough tube to resonate. I think ill invest in a bass speaker for this build.

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    With some help from the ask electronics reddit, I rewired the saber. This time I used an N Mosfet transistor and its working beautifully. I can now light the main LED with the first activation sound and the crossguard LEDs light up with the secondary activation sound. Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVz2Ni6VLo0

    The board was wired up to a 28mm bass speaker and it sounds so fantastic. This will all be fit into a Heiland two cell to make a shoto Vader/Kylo hybrid saber. I can post the new wiring diagram if anyone is interested. Thanks for looking!

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    That's amazing and just the information I'd been looking for. I'd love to get a look at your wiring diagram if that's alright.

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    Quote Originally Posted by quietstarr View Post
    That's amazing and just the information I'd been looking for. I'd love to get a look at your wiring diagram if that's alright.
    Heres the updated diagram:Kylo-Wiring.jpg
    Where it says (Bridge here) thats the place where the main LED pos/neg is. I dropped a bead of solder here and wired to the gate pin. This is the N Mosfet I used from radioshack: https://www.radioshack.com/products/...ant=5717613189

    also this video may help you out if this doesn't make sense:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVyi7yWuXxs

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    One small question... in the test video you've posted is this small white box left to the soundboard a resistor? If so which one is it? And do you think this led: https://www.led-tech.de/de/High-Powe...3_120_138.html will work with this set-up to? I am asking because i didn't see a resistor in your updated diagram. The amber led would be the one for my blade and I probably use the crossguard ones for a illuminated crystal chamber. And what does the indicator mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jes'Kar Vos View Post
    One small question... in the test video you've posted is this small white box left to the soundboard a resistor? If so which one is it? And do you think this led: https://www.led-tech.de/de/High-Powe...3_120_138.html will work with this set-up to? I am asking because i didn't see a resistor in your updated diagram. The amber led would be the one for my blade and I probably use the crossguard ones for a illuminated crystal chamber. And what does the indicator mean?
    Yes, the small white box in the video was a resistor. That one was a 3.9 ohm 5 watt capable resistor. Also the LED you posted will work. Just calculate the proper resistor using the tech data from the site on a resistor calculator. The indicator in my diagram is one of the crossguard LEDs being used on the hilt to "indicate" that the power is on. It's just for asthetic reasons.
    Last edited by YdurSolrac; 11-09-2015 at 09:22 AM.

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    Thank you for the answer^^ I guess that will help a lot for my sabre. As soon as it is finished I'll post some pics and progress here on the board^^ and if you don't mind I would copy your wire lay-out for my build, because it seems just perfect for what I want to try^^

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