Okay, so I'm interested in trying my hand at making a non-Plecter Labs powered saber. I'm not abandoning the ways of the Buttered Toast, but I am curious as the open alternatives (that, and having a decent board available all year round would always a plus). I've chosen the FX-Saber OS over the teensy saber just because I can get the three main components for a homebrew DIYino (Arduino nano, mpu 6050, DFplayer) from the spare parts bin of my local hackspace at pretty much any time I want.
To that aim, I've read the FX-Saber OS wiki and github a few times, and watched as many videos as I could find to try and figure things out. I still have a few questions though.
The Big One: How hard is this going to be for a complete arduino and coding noob? I've tried teaching myself how to use arduinos in the past, and it's never really stuck. Mainly, I think, because those times, I've never had a specific need or use for it. I mean, learning how to Blink an LED, or making a servo move is great and all, but without a project that needs all that in the first place, it's all mostly pointless and easily forgotten. I'm not unwilling to learn how to code, just that I have no real experience in the first place, and it all looks pretty daunting. So I would like an honest assessment of how much work I'm going to have to put into this to make it work properly at the start.
now, the smaller stuff:
1) specific components:
I was looking over the wiring diagrams on the GitHub
https://github.com/Protonerd/FX-SaberOS/blob/master/README/HomebrewDiagrams.pdf and the component list on the Wiki
Components · Protonerd/FX-SaberOS Wiki · GitHub One: are the resistor colour bands in the wiring diagrams accurate to the resistor ratings you're meant to use, and are there any specific resistor wattages to use? Two: Are there any preferred models of N-channel MOSFETs?
2) Sound fonts:
How many sound fonts can you load onto the SD card? the Wiki references the ability to change sound fonts, but I can't find (or have missed) a page that mentions how many fonts can be on a card at once
3) Linux support:
Because Microsoft fried my Win7 machine with that forced Win10 upgrade, I made the jump to Ubuntu rather than buying a new machine (what can I say, I keep spending all the free money in my budget on building really fancy torches
) are there going to be any major compatibility issues or is there software that only work on windows required in making a DIYino saber?
Okay, that's all I've got for now. If I have more questions as I go along, I'll ask them here