Hi everyone

[SaberNewb]

Hey All, so I stumbled upon a youtube of someone making a saber and decided to jump in feet first!  That being said, I have bought a few things.  I was mainly going from FX-SaberOS posts to start with.  I have a couple nano board, some ws2812b led strip, a few DFPlayer boards, an MPU6050 module or two.  His wiring chart was pretty good, but I had questions about it, being SaberNewb and all lol.  Am I going in the right direction?  Is there any specific way I need to start building a hilt to house this?  Any tips and points in the right direction are appreciated!

[K-2SO]

Welcome to the Forums.

The electronics you’ve selected seem rather odd choice. There are better mainstream options available, regarding a hilt. I would highly recommend a place like TCSS to design and get pieces to build your hilt.

[SaberNewb]

Ok, I just kind of stumbled onto the site that recommended those items.  SaberNewb isnt just my name lol, its what i do.  I am still reading and learning, so any pointers are appreciated.  TCSS you mentioned for saber parts?

[SaberNewb]

I guess what I am looking for is a parts list to start from.  Where can I go to find a wiring diagram, parts list to build my first saber. I tried to join one of the farcebook groups, but got denied because 1. I hate facebook and 2. my account is brand new, so I was denied because of account age.  Ive been looking in the padawan thread area, and there are some great tutorials, but not a general bare bones list of what is needed.

[K-2SO]

There is no set parts list, because everyone has different objectives and goals.

VERY Generally speaking, you would like want a sound board of some type, battery to power it, speaker, either an in-hilt LED setup or Neopixel connector if you go th Neopixel route, one (maybe two) switches, a chassis to hold that all together and a hilt to cram that into. I’d work on designing a hilt first, then the chassis design to see if it’ll be practical, and then you can go from there. TCSS also has a forum, and FJK (one of their moderators) use to do a lot of MHS hilts over the years. He occasionally pops in here, once in a while.

[Greenie]

Welcome SaberNewb

Just to add to K2SO’s assistance, a YT search for TCSS will result in some old but still relevant tutorials for basic saber builds.
Helpful vids from Madcow and the afore mentioned FJK.
Good luck and MTFBWY.


Greenie

[JakeSoft]

By the list of parts it looks like you've stumbled on the DIYino system to build an open-source Arduino-based controller board.

The most popular options for that setup are:
https://github.com/Protonerd/FX-SaberOS

And S.T.R.E.A.M. system:
https://github.com/JakeS0ft/STREAM

Also see the Universal Saber Library if you want to code your own without reinventing the wheel.
https://github.com/JakeS0ft/USaber

All should follow the same wiring diagrams. Enjoy your build and welcome to the hobby.