Sorry for the late response, enjoying the first couple days of spring break!
So,
1) I have a couple of these FETS (1F42AA FQP 30N06L) laying around would they work? What FETS would you suggest I pick up so I can eliminate those from the problem factors.
The 1F42AA has a gate-source threshold max of 2.5 volts, so I think they should work fine.
The sparkfun FETs linked from my site are the ones that I used.
2) They blade and preset array look exactly like yours. I added an extra one for a 2 led blade instead of 97 (for testing and two will fit nicely in the blade plug). That way it will fit with the belt clip and still emit light and sound. Then I can take the blade plug out and but the blade in for full effect.
You probably want to remove all entries you don't want though.
Having LEDs in the blade plug is cool, but make sure you take it out when you're putting the saber away, as
leaving anything plugged into the battery for an extended period of time can damage the battery.
3) So, I have the folder named Starwars and in that folder I have the sound font and the tracks. So it said sound font starwars I should be able to type starwars.wav and it will play the starwars theme but it wasn't. Unless this is the incorrect folder structure. Do the sound fonts have to be .wav I have some that are .lsu will those work? I ahve some sound tracks that are .mp3, will those work as well?
Currently everything has to be WAV files. 11, 22 or 44khz sampling rate. Mono and stereo both works, but stereo is just wasteful.
I had never heard of an LSU file before this. Apparently LSU files are 44100khz 16-bit RAW mono files.
Currently TeensySaber does not support LSU files, but now that I know about them, I can fairly easily add support. :)
MP3 files are currently not supported,
I don't know what naming conventions are used with LSU fonts, teensysaber currently assumes plecter or NEC naming conventions.
I usually keep my tracks separately from my sound fonts, but there is no particular reason for it.
So, my sd card looks like this:
tracks/title.wav
tracks/duel.wav
font01/hum.wav
font01/boot.wav
font01/poweron.wav
font01/poweroff.wav
font01/.... more font files
font02/hum.wav
font02/boot.wav
font02/.... more fonts
The directories could be called anything, as long as they match what's in the "preset" arrays.
To test sound playback I usually use the command "play tracks/title.wav"
4) I like doing this stuff as well. Thank you my students love it and some other teachers are very jealous. One even wants us to build him one! I hope to add more projects like to my courses it engages the students and they get to take something away at the end they can be proud of.
I have one student who finished writing the script for a short film he is wanting to make. He is trying to have it all filmed and edited for May the 4th. That way we can play it on the TV's around the school. I'm hoping to get the sabers figured out soon. One of the students in the film is using the one she is building as hers in the film. Which she is excited about.
Wish all schools had teachers like you! :)
Let me know when you have some for sale I would definitely be interested in picking some up. Yes, it takes time I have ordered circuits from OSH Park too it takes awhile. The time and work is not a problem I have full confidence that I could build on the only thing I don't have would be a re-flow oven to bake the circuits. Also I don't have the tested rig you posted on your build for it to takes the V2 board.
Regards,
GMcIvor
Will do!
A I use a $22 electric skillet to bake my circuits. :)
At some point I will open-source the test rig as well, I just havne't gotten around to it.