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Common Components

No matter what type of blade or electronics you decide to use in your hilt, you will need some basic components:

  • Hilt - The prop itself. If you aren't sure what a hilt is, you are probably in the wrong place!
  • Power Source - most common power source is a 18650 type battery
    • an in-hilt recharge port is strongly recommended
  • Speaker - a 28mm 2w 8ohm speaker is recommended, although others may be used
  • MCU - the brains of the hilt, this will either be a DIYino or an Arduino compatible board
    • DIYino - the DIYino is built for this purpose and no other components are needed
    • Arduino Compatible - Typically an Arduino Nano, additional components are required
      • MPU6050 - Motion sensing board
      • DFplayer & SD card - the sound board
      • N channel MOSFETs - required to switch the blade components on and off

Pixel Blade

  • WS2812 library compatible, addressable LEDs
  • aviation connector for disconnecting the blade

Star LED

  • A high power LED mounted on a heatsink, such as those made by Cree and Luxeon
  • Resistors sized appropriately for the LED based on Ohm's Law

String Blade

  1. Introduction
  2. Features
  3. Getting Started
    1. Setting up Arduino
    2. Quick-Start FXSOS
    3. Default Pins
    4. Components
    5. Wiring
    6. Prepare SD Card
  4. Configuration
    1. Calibrating the MPU
    2. Clash Method
    3. Swing Method
    4. Blade Type
      1. RGB LED
      2. Pixel Blade
      3. String Blade
    5. Sound
      1. Preparing Sounds
      2. Soundfont.h
    6. FlexiConfig
    7. Reading Battery Level
  5. Building Your Saber
    1. Building a Pixel Blade
    2. Building a String Blade
  6. Using FX-SaberOS
    1. Two Button Mode
    2. Single Button Mode
    3. Gravity Color
    4. Deep Sleep
  7. Resources
  8. Troubleshooting
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