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Offline EXAR KUN

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Lightsaber Plecter Pixel RGB Strip Blade Staff for Francis
« on: June 04, 2018, 08:33:36 PM »
Hey there Saber Friends,

This is a lightsaber staff I'm making for Francis.


Here is a drawing of what they are supposed to be in the end (just a planning for electronics, really):




This is how one of them started out:





This is what I have so far... it's just one side is ready to show and it's just the hilt body so far. Still kind of rough.



   




The inspiration for this is sort of like a Jedi version of the Darth Maul lightsaber staff from Episode I: The Phantom Menace.


Both sides will be able to operate as individual lightsabers or...




...they can turn into a lightsaber staff by screwing into one another.

The main feature that Francis wants here is that these sabers have two speakers each and have good sound.




So I will be using the new Premium speakers from the Custom Saber Shop 28mm X 2 and also the 2w bass speaker X 2

With a forward-facing speaker on each saber with venting and a rear-facing speaker per saber with extra sound venting so that when these are screwed together there will still be sound venting from the middle of the staff...

   




They will feature a 26650 Lithium Ion rechargeable battery with Protection Circuit and Neopixel capability.



Let me know what you think of it so far and...

And here's some progress shots of the saber being made:


This is the front-facing speaker on saber #2:




This is saber #2 being wired:





The completed saber:


Video:  Plecter Pixel Double-Bladed Lightsaber for Francis - YouTube
« Last Edit: November 07, 2018, 08:51:58 PM by EXAR KUN »



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Re: Lightsaber Plecter Pixel RGB Strip Blade Staff for Francis
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2018, 05:58:43 AM »
Looking good so far

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Re: Lightsaber Plecter Pixel RGB Strip Blade Staff for Francis
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2018, 09:29:15 PM »
The video of the completed saber is now in first post.

More pictures will be added soon,



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Re: Lightsaber Plecter Pixel RGB Strip Blade Staff for Francis
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2018, 08:22:46 PM »
Thanks for checking back in on this lightsaber staff. It is now complete!




This is inspired by Darth Maul's lightsaber but this one is for a Jedi








































Specs:

2 X Plecter Labs Prizm V5 boards wired for Plecter Pixel
4 X Bass Speakers (2 per lightsaber)
  -1 Premium Speaker from the Custom Saber Shop (Saber Essentials 28mm) per saber
  -1 2w Bass speaker from the Custom Saber Shop per saber
2 X 26650 High capacity batteries 3.7 lithium ion
2.1 mm recharge on the outside of each saber hilt
3.5 mm R.I.C.E. port onboard each saber hilt
TCSS pixel connectors in hilt and in blades
2 X RGB Adafruit Skinny Strip Plecter Pixel Blades 29 inches exposed
Staff is 82.5 inches when fully assembled with two blades
Easy access to SD cards


Easy access on both hilts to the SD card shown here:




Video:   Plecter Pixel Double-Bladed Lightsaber for Francis - YouTube


A few select build shots are up in the first post









And here's Francis and his friend enjoying the sabers:

« Last Edit: January 17, 2019, 07:03:30 AM by EXAR KUN »



 

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