Hey guys, I'm completely new with this lightsaber making stuff but I got hyped for the new movie and decided to finally make one.
I've been planning the lightsaber for the last month and have several questions regarding wiring because some of the info out there is either incomplete or contradicts other info.
First, here's an imgur link to the wiring diagram I have set up.
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Here are my questions:
[LIST][*]I want to power this with a single cell 18650 in a battery holder, will this setup allow for that and give me good battery life or should I go with something else?
To do that, you would need to perform the 3.7V hack on the CF board. It's in the manual.[*]I want everything to be easily removable so I want to put a JST or push on terminal on everything, would that work?
JST connectors take up a lot of room. Almost everyone solders things together. Push on terminals don't sound overly reliable to me.[*]To wire the battery holder with a JST/push on terminal, I just need to solder a wire to the negative and positive clips, correct?
The premade packs weren't made/designed for use with battery holders. They were more for designs with recharge ports, or easy access to the JST connector for recharging purposes.[*]My activation button is momentary, can I make the Crystal Focus treat it as latching or do I need to use a momentary to latching converter?
That is fine. You just change a setting, which is explained in the manual.[*]Does the wiring on the top and bottom terminals on the buttons matter? (The gray in the diagram)
Yes.[*]The Crystal Focus manual says that the TXD and RXD on the RICE terminal should be disconnected when the saber is not in use. Can I keep them together, again with JST's and just remove the battery when I'm not using the saber?
Again, most people just use a recharge port and kill key setup in their sabers.[*]How the hell am I supposed to wire the LED? The info and diagrams I found from other uses was confusing or again, contradictory.
It is covered in the CF manual, plus I did create sections here on the forum with good complete diagrams..[*]Does the tri-rebel lens need the black lens holder from the shop holder or is it simply held by the cylindrical piece that holds the heatsink?
No. The Tri-Lens is all you need, the heatsink holds both in place.
- The crystal focus manual makes no distinction regarding speaker polarity, does that mean and wire can go to either of the points? Correct.
- I realize that the accent LED's need resistors, is the 20ohm one I calculated correct or is it borked? Sounds a bit high to me.
- Activation switch is a 3.3V white ring and Aux is a green dot 3.3V from the shop. Does the main LED need a resistor too? I've been seeing contradictory answers. The one connected to the main channel does not. If you are using a color extender (it looks like you are) then no.
Finally, what I want is for the lightsaber to work like in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRUTRc_dIzYhttp://
Flash on clash, real time color changing, etc.
If this is the wrong section to post in please redirect me where I can post it.
If you stuck it out this far, thank you a million!
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