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World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« on: April 25, 2016, 01:31:33 PM »
Hi fellow lightsaber builders,

I proudly and happily announce my first Arduino compatible lightsaber board, the


DIYino Prime v1


Technical data at a glance:

The DIYino v1 board integrates:
- an Atmega328P-AU (based on the Arduino Nano)
- MPU-6050 6-axix accelero- and gyrometer for gesure/motion detection
- YX5200-24SS Wav/MP3 decoder (same chipset as on the DFPlayer Mini)
- SD card slot for music/sound files storage
- 3W audio amplifier
- 6 Low Side drivers capable of handling ~1A each, to drive loads like LEDs, small motors etc.





The DIYino v1 architecture supports different types of saber flavors:
- Luxeon type with RGB(W) high-power LEDs (Cree, Luxeon, etc.)
- LED string blades (see LED string saber with Arduino)
- the new neopixel blades (see LED string saber evolution - this might change the way we think about LED string)

It all started with this thread: Arduino Lightsaber for LED string blades. After a while, seeing how much interest and enthusiasm this project created, I decided to take it to the next level: create a board integrating all the features of my original prototype, with obvious advantages for everyone who wants to build similar replica items:
- small size: the DIYino measures 22mm x 65mm, target was the same or smaller size as a 18650 type battery, which is mostly used for similar battery powered applications
- integrated solution: no need to solder modules on a breadboard, all interconnects on the PCB. This makes it ideal to build it in into models where the acces to the internal electronics is difficult at best and comes with a lot of effort in case of wires going a-stray.
- proven architecture: already quite a large community is using the same circuitry for prototype builds

The field of application is by no means limited to lightsaber electronics. You can use it universally for all DIY projects needing a programmable Light/Sound/Motion combo. I will use it for educational projects in my area to teach kids that programming electronics is fun! I already have a lot of crazy ideas in mind which children and also "Big kids" will love, waiting to be made!

My goal was to make it easier for people who plan to embark on building props requiring programmable Light/Sound/Motion detection to start in the world of Arduino programming. While it is feasible to put together the architecture designed by me from the constituent parts (Arduino Nano, MPU6050 breakout board, DFPlayer Mini, transistors, breadboard etc.), for comparison you can check the size difference.





I would like to thank to following guys on this forum without whose inspiration, support and work this project would not have been possible:

JakeSoft for showing that it's possible (see his thread: Arduino Lightsaber) and for building a community on this forum
neskweek for his superb work on the code (see here: LSOS)
racemaniac for his idea of using neopixels (see rgb ledstring lightsaber)

The DIYino Prime User Manual can be found here:
http://github.com/Protonerd/DIYino/blob/master/DIYino_v1_User_Manual_draft_v04.pdf

The documentation includes lots of application ideas, plus the thread in the Arduino Forum will tell you the whole story, with tons of information, not to mention demo videos, codes etc. Combined with the LSOS from neskweek, the boards capabilities equal those of mid- to high-end commercial saber boards.
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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2016, 01:51:30 PM »
Nice is there a demo vid of it in an actual saber showing fx sound quality etc?


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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2016, 04:02:56 PM »
DEFINITELY of interest! Moar info please!

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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2016, 08:30:18 AM »
Nice is there a demo vid of it in an actual saber showing fx sound quality etc?

Sure, they are all there is the post, but I can copy them here once more:
LED string saber with Arduino
LED string saber evolution - this might change the way we think about LED string

Apart from that if you search for my channel on YouTube (Name: Andras Kun), you will find some additional ones.

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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2016, 01:05:50 PM »
You are awesome! I love this... how did you do this so fast!? Amazing!

I loved the prototype videos. Can't wait to see what people do with this and combined with the NeoPixel strips this could be the most interesting lightsaber of them all



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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2016, 02:49:31 PM »
Woo hoo! I love it! You can't get more customization than access to source code! :-)

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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2016, 11:03:33 PM »
So how does one get one of these for testing?

I'm the only saber smith ever mentioned in the NY Times: http://www.fx-sabers.com/forum/index.php?topic=35163
My Sabers: Avenger & Defender (TCSS Pair), Ravager (SF Vanquish)
Check out my profile for my website, sound font samples and pictures of sabers i've built!
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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2016, 03:40:36 AM »
I have worked with the Arduino board and I am very excited about this and sooo ready to try this out!

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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2016, 04:59:27 AM »
Will this be on the market?

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« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2016, 08:43:59 AM »
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« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2016, 10:25:30 AM »
Really great that a single board can run both single led or led strips I think that is excellent


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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2016, 01:28:05 PM »
Will this be on the market?

Hi BEN!

In fact it is already out in the Nerd market over there on the Arduino Forum. But to comply with the rules of FX-Sabers, I do not give the link. Also to observe and honour the rules of this Forum I do not sell items I do not yet own. The current run is being manufactured just now as I write this message, it's gonna be a few more weeks before I can start sending them out to people who made a pre-order. For all other information I update the first posting.
If any admin here does not agree to the content of the thread due to an (from my side not intentional) violation of forum rules, please let me know first!

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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2016, 01:45:27 PM »
You are awesome! I love this... how did you do this so fast!? Amazing!

I loved the prototype videos. Can't wait to see what people do with this and combined with the NeoPixel strips this could be the most interesting lightsaber of them all
Thanks SpaceWindu! Actually I also feel the same: I cannot wait to see some of the fellow Arduino developers to finish their saber, there are quite many now in the making. One of the guys, the one who developed the LSOS, is working on a neopixel, first videos he shared look awesome!
Actually I like to think about myself as the board manufacturing hub of Arduino lightsabers, doing this to enable the creativity of others to bloom. But I only claim a part of the credit, the bigger part for the creation of this boards goes to the Arduino community.

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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2016, 10:29:31 AM »
Great work on this project; it's an awesome Arduino implementation!

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Re: World's first Arduino lightsaber board - DIYino v1
« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2016, 03:00:19 AM »

I made a new video showing the Kylo Ren saber I made for my son as part of his costume on Carneval Day. This one is using neopixels in the blade, the saber is full custom modified toy saber, with all blades including cross guards from TCSS, due to the excellent diffusion quality of their transwhite blade tubes.

I modified the FastLED Fire demo to make it work with the more lightweight WS2812B code I integrated into neskweeks's LSOS. Then once it worked I modded the code to make the fire look like a lightsaber. It was fun to build it (hey, it's a plastic hilt. Alu is way nobler but I could cut all those holes etc. needed to transform Vader's saber into a crossguarded one using tools most of the have at home).

I'm going to show the steps to build it in another thread, but for those interested in DIYino Prime and neopixels here is a video. If you want to watch only the "light show", FF to 2 mins.


 

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