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There are a lot of tales and misconceptions about Arduino sabers, the most prominent one is that one needs a degree in E/E to be able to use them, because they need extensive C-programming skills. Well, let's demolish this misconception once and for all. For that I've created a 12-step walk-thru to come from a bare Arduino based electronics like the DIYino Stardust, to a fully working saber core. It takes 15 mins on average :)
Instructions are available on the FX-SaberOS Wiki:
Setting up Arduino · Protonerd/FX-SaberOS Wiki · GitHub (https://github.com/Protonerd/FX-SaberOS/wiki/Setting-up-Arduino)
My experiment subjects were all saber enthusiasts blessed with skills in turning raw metal rods into incredible saber hilts, but devoid of any programming skills or prior experience in electronics.