WIP - Fett263's KR Hero - Proffieboard Neopixel

Hey! Glad everything showed up.
Commenting because I didn’t see the LED in the photo. It was in the box correct?

While I'm waiting for the neopixel parts I decided to start figuring out the build and got a little carried away and ended up finishing the control box.

I will be using a single pixel sub-blade for the red and green arrows, the spacing on them was just slightly more than the normal space so I cut two pixels and will re-join them, here's the rough alignment.



I went ahead and soldered them up, the single data line (blue) will connect forward to the crystal chamber to allow the sub-blade set up.



I also wired up the switches using the PCB provided.



And since I had everything wired and went ahead and started assembling.









Then I sanded down the button posts to be able to slide the card in.



I will need to go back and cut the mounting screws down to fit the chassis but I wanted to get an idea of the depth I'll need but it's all put together.



All of this was so I could get an idea on how the chassis will work and help me plan out the build, after looking at everything and thinking it through I'm planning to only access the chassis, recharge port and board by sliding the bottom portion down.  Looking at the chassis crystal chamber trying to make it also able to slide down to access from the pommel was going to be very tricky with all the wiring of the control box.  



And here's the rough alignment with the wiring, I'll end up needing to cut a channel in the top of the chassis speaker mount to be able to get the chassis out far enough for the recharge port, this will allow full access to the board for programming.




I'll be taking the control box off to trim the mounting screws and I'm planning to add the data line resistor and heat wrap the cables for reinforcement and protection from rubbing on the edges of the openings.  I'll also look at how deep and wide the channel in the chassis will need to be so the chassis can slide out without pinching the wires.

Thanks, appreciate it.

As if on cue KSith just dropped his Luke ROTJ V2 Accent Swing font so I picked it up and went ahead programming the board.  This is all in the manual already but figured I'd post here if anyone comes along.  For my build I'm doing Sub-blades for the two control box lights and crystal chamber.  I will have the red arrow and green arrow as separate sub-blades so they are individually controlled and then two pixels for the crystal chamber as a 3rd sub-blade and the main blade as the fourth.  Here's the basic config I'm starting with to get it programmed an tested, I'll be adding more styles down the line but for anyone going after it's a good starting point.

config file------------------------


#ifdef CONFIG_TOP
#include "proffieboard_v1_config.h"
#define NUM_BLADES 4
#define NUM_BUTTONS 2
#define VOLUME 1600
const unsigned int maxLedsPerStrip = 144;
#define CLASH_THRESHOLD_G 2.0
#define ENABLE_AUDIO
#define ENABLE_MOTION
#define ENABLE_WS2811
#define ENABLE_SD
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_PRESETS

Preset presets[] = {
{ "ROTJ1", "tracks/throne_duel.wav",

StylePtr<InOutHelper<Red,1,1,Blinking<Red, Black, 1200, 500>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<Green,1,1,Blinking<Black, Green, 1200, 500>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<OnSpark<AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,120,0>>,,HumpFlicker<Green,White,40>,800>,1,1,Pulsing<Green,Rgb<0,20,0>,8000>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<OnSpark<LocalizedClash<Lockup<Blast<AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>,White,200,100,400>,Pulsing<Gradient<AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>,AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>,BrownNoiseFlicker<White,Strobe<Red,White,50,1>,100>,AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>,AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>,AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>>,Gradient<AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>,AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>,BrownNoiseFlicker<White,Strobe<Red,White,50,1>,100>,AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>,AudioFlicker<Green,Rgb<0,200,0>>>,3500>,RandomPerLEDFlicker<White,Green>>,White,50,80>,HumpFlicker<Green,White,40>,800>,180,300,Black>>(),
},
};

BladeConfig blades[] = {
{ 0,
SubBlade(0, 0, WS2811BladePtr<124, WS2811_ACTUALLY_800kHz | WS2811_GRB>()),
SubBlade(1, 1, NULL),
SubBlade(2, 3, NULL),
SubBlade(4, 124, NULL),
CONFIGARRAY(presets) },
};

#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_BUTTONS
Button PowerButton(BUTTON_POWER, powerButtonPin, "pow");
Button AuxButton(BUTTON_AUX, auxPin, "aux");

#endif

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This has 4 blades set up to allow for individual styling; the first style is the red arrow, the second is the green arrow, the third is the crystal chamber and the fourth is the main blade.  The area in green above is where the sub-blades get defined by their pixel numbers.  Should be getting the rest of the parts this week to start putting this baby together, can't wait!

The above effects will have the red and green blinking back and forth when blade is off and solid colored when blade is ignited. The crystal chamber will pulse green when blade is off and then take on same effect as main blade when the blade is ignited.

I've been doing a lot of rough testing and planning things out and I've decided I want to go back to my initial idea and I figured out a way to make it work.  Going through Goth's instructions and demo and testing with some stand-in wiring the small channel for the wires wasn't going to work.  I really want an easy-to-access kill switch as well as access to the board for updates.  Trying to be able to have a kill switch and still get to the USB and SD card through the bottom was going to require too much additional wire to be able to pull the chassis out far enough, which then was causing pinching issues when i tried to push the chassis back in.  With the crystal chamber already being accessed by unscrewing the grenade section I want to pull the chassis out that way for the kill switch, USB, SD card and recharge port, which also gives more room for wiring to fit without pinching.

Here's a rough layout I'm going for with the kill switch and board, this will be accessed when unscrewing the grenade section and pulling the chassis slightly to flip the switch and then push it back in.  I'll only need to pull the chassis out a little for the switch, if I need to get to the board or recharge port though I can still slide the chassis all the way out.



I got the threaded rods and a few other part, still waiting on a separate order for the remainder.  I went ahead and assembled the chassis to test out how I'm going to handle the wiring from the control box.






After testing I found a pretty simple solution to let me access the chassis like I want but also stop the chassis from spinning and moving while screwing/unscrewing the grenade section. The holes along the bottom of the chassis line up nicely for a set screw to prevent the chassis from moving.




So after lots of back and forth in my mind and quadruple checking my idea, I drilled and tapped a small M4 set screw in the underside of the hilt.  This lines up perfectly with one of the holes in the chassis to prevent the chassis from spinning and moving while I screw or unscrew the grenade section.  I had to be absolutely sure I wanted to go this way before drilling but I couldn't get everything to work like I wanted any other way so I finally convinced myself to do it.



This let me go back to my initial plan so up next was checking the clearance for the control box wires.  I ended up removing the heat shrink I had added earlier it was adding too much bulk, I went with a smaller single ring just to keep the wires as flat and organized as possible.



Then I notched a channel into the speaker mount to allow the chassis to be slide down from the top and move without pinching the control box wires.  I'll give the chassis a quick spray to cover the white plastic once I'm sure the channel is perfect.








So now, when the chassis is inserted I just insert the set screw to hold the chassis in place before screwing or unscrewing the grenade section and everything stays nicely in place.



And to confirm I screwed in and unscrewed the grenade section over and over and the chassis stayed put.  Now, I'll just be accessing everything, kill switch, USB, SD and recharge port all from the grenade section.  I need a few more parts and will be testing the chassis movement to get that notch in the speaker mount perfect.  I did temporarily insert the speaker and I may need to shave a couple of mm off the top of the outer speaker ring just to give some additional space for when it has to slide under the control box opening but it's working like I wanted now so I'm happy.




Heading out of town for the weekend but should have the rest of the parts in hand next week, a little more planning and testing and then I can start putting everything together.

Update, figured it's beneficial to share setbacks as well as successes since things don't always go perfectly.  I got the board all hooked up last night but ran into a few issues and had to go into troubleshooting mode.

On initial boot I got an audible "Error in config array" message. Arduino didn't catch but I'm guessing it had something to do with the sub-blade set up. I double checked the code against the manual but couldn't find an issue so I went to a single blade set up just to test everything else and ran into a second issue.

As a single blade the control box lights and crystal chamber (main blade wasn't connected) should have all been the same but there was a noticeable delay in the chamber lighting up and it was Red or Purple each time while the control  box lights were Green.

Quick video:


I think I figured it out, I dissambled the crystal chamber and checked everything and there were no connection issues. But as I was messing with the wires to check them the chamber light was changing color.  I believe there is noise in the data line from the in and out running so close in the control box and then the run distance from the control box to the chamber. I have the wires twisted but as I moved the data lines that run into the box and out to the crystal chamber the pixel in the chamber was changing color each time (and not working a few times) depending on how I moved the wires together or apart and there was always a big delay like above.

So, the fix I'm going to do is separate the control box into a second blade and then have the chamber and main blade together and eventually try to do sub-blades on both once I get them working properly. I'll have to disconnect the control box data and negative and connect as a physical 2nd blade and then connect the data for the chamber to the Data 1 pad. A bit of a pain but not terrible.

Once I get it rewired and tested as 2 blades I'll try the sub-blade config again to separate the two arrows and chamber out to get individual styles.

Figured out the sub-blade issue, had one extra pixel defined in the blade array, forgot to account for the sub-blades starting at 0, not 1.  Once that was sorted I was able to play with the styles a bit more and test out the crystal chamber and main blade.  I haven't assembled the PCB connectors or blade yet so there's just some temporary connections.  I wanted to be absolutely sure everything else was working before connecting the top portion, etc. so I wouldn't need to undo.  When I get a free night this week I'll get those put together and tested.

Crystal Chamber is now working as expected as a sub-blade to the main blade:



And here's a quick bench test:




I also tested sliding the chassis in and out, mostly it will only need to slide out an inch or so to access the switch. For recharge or programming I'll slide all the way out. It's a tight fit and I have to be cautious and guide the control box wires in without pinching but it works.



And to access the switch I only need to slide it a small amount which is easy.

Finishing up, I painted the black part of the chassis near the chamber with an antique metallic gold to have it blend in better.




To access the board or the recharge port the chassis slides all the way out:




But for normal operation I only need to take it out a little to access the Kill switch:




Now it's all put together, so after turning on with switch I slide the chassis back in and secure it with the set screw before closing grenade section:







Then once it's all closed up it's ready to run:









And a couple of videos.

Here's how the chassis works:




And some of the styles, I built a few new styles to have on this saber just for fun like an Unstable Green and a new "Pull to the Darkness" in Green.  I'm posting my entire config below so you can pull the styles out if you're interested.



Here's my config, I ended up wiring the control box as a second blade and then doing it as 2 single pixel sub-blades (on LED4, Data2), then the crystal chamber and main blade are running on the main blade with the first 2 pixels being a sub-blade for the crystal chamber and the rest running the blade itself.  So if anyone wants to go similar you can see how I set up below.

I'm running KSith's updated LS6 font with Accent Swings and sa22c's fork 1.312AP currently.

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#ifdef CONFIG_TOP

#include "proffieboard_v1_config.h"

#define NUM_BLADES 4

#define NUM_BUTTONS 2

#define VOLUME 1400

const unsigned int maxLedsPerStrip = 144;

#define CLASH_THRESHOLD_G 2.0

#define ENABLE_AUDIO

#define ENABLE_MOTION

#define ENABLE_WS2811

#define ENABLE_SD

#define ORIENTATION ORIENTATION_USB_TOWARDS_BLADE

#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_PRESETS

Preset presets[] = {

{ "ROTJ1", "tracks/throne_duel.wav",

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StylePtr<InOutHelper<AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,Rgb<0,120,0>>,1,1,Pulsing<DeepSkyBlue,Rgb<0,20,0>,4000>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<OnSpark<LocalizedClash<Lockup<Blast<AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>,White,200,100,400>,Pulsing<Gradient<AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>,AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>,BrownNoiseFlicker<W
hite,Strobe<Red,White,50,1>,100>,AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>,AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>,AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>>,Gradient<AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>,AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>,BrownNoiseFlicker<White,Strobe<Red,White,50,1>,100>,AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>,AudioFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,SteelBlue>>,3500>,RandomPerLEDFlicker<White,DeepSkyBlue>>,White,40>,HumpFlicker<DeepSkyBlue,White,40>,800>,180,500,Black>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<Blinking<Red, Black, 2000, 200>,1,1,Sequence<RED, BLACK, 100, 80, 0b0000000000000000,0b1010101010101010,0b1010101000000000,0b0000000000000000,0b1010101010101010>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<Blinking<Green,Blinking<Green, Black, 300, 500>,3000,500>,1,1,Sequence<GREEN, BLACK, 100, 80, 0b1010101010101010,0b0000000000000000,0b0000000000000001,0b1010101010101010,0b0101000000000000>>>(),

},

{ "ROTJ6", "tracks/luke_intro.wav",

StylePtr<InOutHelper<AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>,1,1,Pulsing<Orange,Yellow,4000>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<LocalizedClash<Lockup<Blast<AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>,White,200,100,400>,Pulsing<Gradient<AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>,AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>,BrownNoiseFlicker<White,Strobe<Red,White,50,1>,100>
,AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>,AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>,AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>>,Gradient<AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>,AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>,BrownNoiseFlicker<White,Strobe<Red,White,50,1>,100>,AudioFlicker<Oran
ge,Yellow>,AudioFlicker<Orange,Yellow>>,3500>,RandomPerLEDFlicker<White,Orange>>,White,50,80>,180,300,Black>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<Pulsing<Red,Black,3000>,1,1,Sequence<RED, BLACK, 100, 80, 0b0000000000000000,0b1010101010101010,0b1010101000000000,0b0000000000000000,0b1010101010101010>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<Green,1,1,Sequence<GREEN, BLACK, 100, 80, 0b1010101010101010,0b0000000000000000,0b0000000000000001,0b1010101010101010,0b0101000000000000>>>(),

},

{ "Rogue", "tracks/hallway2.wav",

StylePtr<InOutHelper<AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,1,1,Pulsing<Red,Rgb<30,0,0>,4000>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<OnSpark<LocalizedClash<Lockup<Blast<AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,Yellow,200,100,400>,Pulsing<Gradient<AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,BrownNoiseFlicker<Yellow,Strobe<Blue,Yellow,50,1>,100>,AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>>,Gradient<AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,BrownNoiseFlicker<Yellow,Strobe<Blue,Yellow,50,1>,100>,AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>,AudioFlicker<Red,Rgb<160,0,0>>>,3500>>,Yellow,40>,HumpFlicker<Red,Orange,40>,1000>,600,500,Black>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<Red,1,1,Blinking<Red, Black, 1200, 500>>>(),

StylePtr<InOutHelper<Green,1,1,Blinking<Black, Green, 1200, 500>>>(),

},

};

BladeConfig blades[] = {

{ 0, // blade ID resistor not used

// Crystal, 2 LEDs

SubBlade(0, 1, WS2811BladePtr<122, WS2811_800kHz | WS2811_GRB>()),

// MainBlade, 120 LEDs

SubBlade(2, 121, NULL),

// Control Box Red, 1 LED, power on LED4, data on pixel data 2

SubBlade(0, 0, WS2811BladePtr<2, WS2811_800kHz | WS2811_GRB, blade2Pin, PowerPINS<bladePowerPin4> >()),

// Control Box Green, 1 LED

SubBlade(1, 1, NULL),

CONFIGARRAY(presets)

},

};

#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_BUTTONS

Button PowerButton(BUTTON_POWER, powerButtonPin, "pow");

Button AuxButton(BUTTON_AUX, auxPin, "aux");

#endif

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i actually think pixels are easier to do in thin necks than in-hilt LEDs.

You don't have the careful heat sink issues which is often a challenge in thin necks

Beautiful saber. Yeah, depending on use it's shallow, I have about 5/8 inch of the blade inserted in emitter, it's fine for light use and display which is fine for me but if you need more contact or swinging it might be an issue. Mine is just to add to my collection and works fine for me.

It's more of an issue because the customer purchased a ready made blade so I couldn't recess the blade side pcb into the blade, hence the magnet ring use.

Sorry to revive a dead thread but what battery did you use here? How did you attach the chamber to the chassis?

Did you go for 18650 battery and v1 goth chassis? What’s the run time I have the same hilt and slowly getting round to it but was planning for the v2 goth chassis so no rods. Might have to change and sacrifice some run time