Phoenix Props Imperial Knight Neopixel TeensySaber

[Tom Tilmon]

This will be a placeholder for my eventual WIP thread for this one. These Imperial Knights are very plain hilts, but the Star Wars fanatics love them, especially the 501st folks. I think I may be the first person in the world to install one with neopixel and TeensySaber V3! That's exciting. Because of the excitement, this chassis also sports: OLED Display, Blue Tooth Control, and accent strips currently in the reveal on the Padawan Chassis by Darth Ryô. I may have to re-think that, because my solution is creating issues with the micro-switches and plugers on the chassis.

Build: Phoenix Props Imperial Knight custom lightsaber
TCSS 18650 10A high drain Li-Ion battery
TCSS JST connectors for replaceable battery
TCSS 1" Hilt Adapter for TCSS Pixel Adapters
TCSS neopixel adapters
TCSS 1" thin-walled blade w/strip diffuser tube and round tip (hollowed)
TCSS Foam for 1" blades
TCSS Saber Essentials Bass Speaker 24mm by Adrian Tan
TCSS 1" Thin walled blade
TCSS 1" round blade tip (hollowed out)
TCSS JST connectors for battery....I would have preferred to hard wire it in...but this is what was requested.
micro tactile switches w/ 1.5mm rise. Switches are 4.5mm by 4.5 mm. (they've been killing me) good thing I got 30 of them!
ws2813 (dual data line) strips w/ 5050 neopixels
TeensySaberV3 Teensy 3.2
1.3 mm RC Port (high amp)
high amp switch
Goth3d Padawan Chassis (included the button plungers)
SkyWampa 18650 sticker to dress up the battery a bit, I like them.
Various wire/connectors.
OLED Display
Red Bear BLE Blue tooth unit
Copper mesh

On this build I used Goth3D Padawan Chassis for Imperial Knight by PP, TCSS 1" Delrin Hilt Adapter w/ TCSS Plecter Pixel adapters. I attached the Delrin module to the chassis, and then had to mill out switch slots so I could sneak it by the switch plungers in the hilt. That has been the tough part of this build: adjusting the switches and plungers. I'll get it, I'm getting closer with each mod. There is a lot more under the hood than this video reveals! More to come! I need to finish this, so I can get back to work on Nihilus II!

I'll try and get some build pics up tomorrow night or later this week. Had to break the silence around here!



Tom