Color change saber w/Rebel RGB

[eastern57]

This is a Rebel RGB run off of an MR Anakin board (4.5V <1A). I'm using the 8-position rotary push-button that I showed off in the other thread, here it is again:

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a...WITCH/-/1.html

Also the low-profile tri-lens from luxeonstar.com.

The wiring is fairly simple, if not cumbersome: battery, board, 8-pos switch, LED...there was just a lot of wires. But all in all, I was very pleased with the results. This is just the preliminary test, and I plan to do more, but here's what I got for now - I like it and it sure beats the heck outta stringing LEDs together for hours on end...

I shut it off a few times to show you that you can leave it on which ever color you like and it doesn't reset anything. I did it with the purple and the yellow.

ref here for last update in other thread:
http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...?t=5145&page=2



direct link:
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=MOV03668.flv

eastern57

[Hasid Lafre]

Not bad....not bad at all.

[Lord Maul]

Awesome man. This is basically the next best thing to doing GeluKhan's method of 3 pots, one for each LED. Actually...you can't really say which one is better. GeluKhan's is better for fine tuning colors whereas yours is easier to switch between them.

[eastern57]

Awesome man. This is basically the next best thing to doing GeluKhan's method of 3 pots, one for each LED. Actually...you can't really say which one is better. GeluKhan's is better for fine tuning colors whereas yours is easier to switch between them.

True. This set-up would be better for people who don't need to fine tune the colors. Like me. Speaking of which - the color response is much different now that the Blue and Green are being driven a little better - I changed the pack to a 6V, took out the MR board, and threw on a resistor - just to see what it's like. The color blends are phenomenal but the angle of the lens is way too much... it's a "25 degree" lens.

As far as brightness/evenness... it's about on par with a color filtered white k2.

[Lord Maul]

25 degree lens means 50 degrees total. That's way to wide of a angle for a saber. God when will they make a fricken Endor optic that works for us?

[eastern57]

"Hear, Hear" ... It would be nice, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[Novastar]

Eastern this is some GOOD stuff! Grayven would be proud, heheh. My only comments:

* I would avoid the Rebel altogether (for now)... for LED saber purposes, it's better to have an RGB under one dome instead of separate ones

* The reason the Rebel lens will likely NEVER get "better" than the "25 deg" lens... is again: b/c of the 3 separate LED domes separated by a few mm each. Bad for us. Good for other projects. But... BAD for US.

* So... choose a different LED--maybe the Seoul RGB or even Prolight

* You COULD do some kind of relay setup where the LED could be given more/the "correct" amperage while not destroying the MR board

I think you know all of this, but... I can safely say that the biggest thing to avoid is that Rebel. It was a mistake that I ever posted excitement about it (for OUR purposes as saber "freaks").

The Rebel serves a decent purpose for SOME things... but unless some funky REFLECTOR is set up (that would resemble an hourglass)... that is both efficient AND small/compact... the Rebels will be pretty useless compared to a "one dome" solution.

[Malaki Skywalker]

So that means no Tri-Rebel clash flash set up until we get better optic? Still, thanks for posting a demo

[eastern57]

Okay, here's the latest:

Rebel RGB connected to 8-position switch, 6V pack, 1.5ohm 5w resistor... and a regular 10 degree lens / k2 lens holder... no special optics

Seriously, I was surprised with this one... but, you make your own call.

This is next to my Seoul P4 green @1.2A/7.4V (also a 10 degree lens).




direct link:
http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=MOV03669.flv

eastern57

[Malaki Skywalker]

If using just a normal K2 10* optic was pretty effective, I wonder how a 5* would go?