So I wasn't going to build any more sabers.
Then I found this really awesome 30A blue LED (
30A blue LED!)
So now I'm building another saber just to see how bright it will be.
I'd like to keep the build fairly simple, but I'm going to need a gigantic heat sink, and I don't know how to incorporate it into the build yet. I'm also planning to build it using a teensy 3.6, a teensysaber v2 and three buttons. The idea being that having sabers configured differently will give me test platforms for when I work on the teensysaber software.
I was hoping to use MHS parts to make the hilt construction quick and easy, but there is no "gigantic heatsink, style 1" at TCSS, so I'm going to have to do something custom somehow...
For the people who remember; This build will have some similarities with this legendary build by Photonic Bladesmith:
30 Amp LED Sabers & Fluorescence Enhanced Saber Blades (Part 1 - Saber)To compare and contrast, I plan to skip the constant-current, because the LED drive voltage matches the batteries pretty good, and I can use PWM to avoid over-heating. Also, the Osram LED unit is nearly twice as efficient as the unit the photonic bladesmith used, meaning the result could potentially be twice as bright. I don't have the amazing fabrication skills of Photonic Bladesmith though, so mine will probably not look as nice.