Hi Girls and guys, I'm new to the forum, I have been lurking on it for quite a time and some may know me from the TCSS Forum (Obi1).
After months of research, designing, planning, building and software development it's compeleted.
It's my first Arduino based saber board for LED string sabers.
(Disclaimer: sorry for my broken English, just concentrate on the saber sounds, they are loud enough)
LED string blade Arduino Saber (HD) - YouTubeI named it AS2 for Arduino Saber 2, honoring JakeSoft's first Arduino based saber, who motivated me and gave valuable advices.
If you are interested in more technical details, you can read more on the Arduino Forum:
Arduino Lightsaber for/with LED string bladeI made a pic of the module showing the 3 of the 4 main components (LED Driver transistors are on the backside).
This video shows the same saber with my Serial class III red blade (anyone knows how to embed a YouTube video? )
DIY Arduino based LED string saber electronics - YouTubeFeatures:
- drive for 6 LED segments (Class II. or III. Serial) -> like MR/Hasbro or CF-LS (now I know why these have 6 segments, most of the controllers usable for this size of PCB have up to 6 PWM capable channels)
- resistorless setup with drive adjustment
- blade scrolling with higher resolution than other LS boards, including smooth transition (not just swicth on/off of segments, this is especially important for long ignition/retraction schemes)
- supports up to 3 sound fonts, selectable using a combination of aux. and main switch
- Flash-on-Clash (native using LED string drive adjustment, mainly because I know from experience that a FoC string is a bad idea)
- Blade Lockup
- Blaster bolt deflect, random segment flare like CF-LS
- different hum FXs -> either synchronised random flicker or "blaze" effect, because I like the Kylo Ren saber flicker and with LED strings I can simulate that
- 7.4V battery setup
- 3W speaker output (4Ohm or 8Ohm) -> extremely loud! At the end I was amazed, that the mp3 player I choose was the only one capable of gapless playback, was by far the smallest and had the most powerful audio driver
- programming through mini-USB port
- small enough to fit into most saber hilts
Let me know what you think about it, your Feedback is very much appreciated.
Cheers!
Andras