I've been putting illuminated av switches into many of my stunt sabers (using a momentary to latching convertor), because I just love those switches and no way could I afford all my sabers with sound...... When I did my first, I used the small red jst connectors so I could test everything worked before install and I just happened to colour code the three connectors..... Green for main blade LED, yellow for momentary switch, and blue for switch LED, and I just continued to use those colours for all my customizations..... After a couple it occurred to me that I could install those same connectors to an obsidian soundboard setup and FINALLY I've finished my first..... Yay
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Because I sometimes need a silent saber so I don't annoy others in our home, and as this is an obsidian v3 soundboard, I've also put a small toggle switch in so I can quickly turn the speaker on and off.... Basically I just put the switch in line to the + speaker wire from the soundboard, and glued the switch to the side of the BuckPuck....
So essentionally, I can now have sound in any of my sabers that I've installed an illuminated av switch .... just with a couple of quick connections.....
This pic is the 3 types of battery packs that I have in my various sabers now
top : "Li-Ion battery pack with BuckPuck and obsidian v3 sound"
middle : "Li-Ion battery pack with BuckPuck and m/l convertor"
bottom : "AAA battery pack with resistor and m/l convertor"
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Here's the small toggle switch I used, and you can see it on my "sound pack"
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And here are the 3 "packs" with one of my av switches, main blade LED wires and a Sentinel hilt....
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Next up..... Planning to do another with FoC.....
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I'm having lots of fun tinkering with saber electronics and other mods..... Athough I did have some experience with soldering having been a musician and studio engineer, saving money making my own custom cables, I only started learning about LEDs and how to re-build these LED sabers about 6 months ago..... Maybe this will inspire someone else to give these kind of mods a go also..... Cheers
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