Pulsing blades

[Ninja-Jedi]

im looking for a cheap pulsing effect on a stunt with no sound , i am not sure if this pulse driver i found i actually just a buck puck it looks the same i prob will just order and find out cause i need a buckpuck neway for my 10W red led ENGIN wired in series at FULL POWAH, this will be dominix V2 customization cant wait to show off when it is done. That LED driver would work but for 50$ not worth it to me, just not cost effective

[whitmers]

It is indeed pricey, I am in the... "lets see if it can be done" phase

[whitmers]

I wired it up and using the driver and while it does what i want it to... it doesn't turn off the main LED though:(

[Darth Vapour]

Do you want it pulsing on,off or just brighter?

[Ninja-Jedi]

there is a wiring scheme for this i found today if i get time to look up again i will post the link

[Ninja-Jedi]

i think i found a cheap answer to this after a lilttle more research apparently people have
been using PCB inside the flickering LED candles which can power a 3W led and flicker once i have tested this i will post results

[whitmers]

I'd be interested in the results.  I wanted it to pulse or flicker kind of like you can do with a PC or CF board. It did those things... I think that since the Obsidian is the pass through, the main switch turned off the obsidian just fine  but the energy keeps flowing through it from the battery so to turn the led off, I had to break the contacts.

Anything you find Ninja Jedi would be sweet. The wiring that they put up for the obsidian this week did certainly help.

[Amanita]

However this turns out, let me know! At the moment, I'm only considering using PC or CF boards for my own builds, because of that pulse effect, which I think adds some serious character to a blade, making it look a lot less static. If you guys figure out how to get these effects working with an obsidian, let me know how:)

[Ninja-Jedi]

well the flickering candle pcb work but the effects are just MEH...  they would work great for random flickereing effect on accent led and they are very cheap to boot there are even some color changing ones, the prob i was having was it will indeed flicker but the brightness just wasnt their... i am gonna retry with transistor like on the hasbro board setup to see if i can increase the brightness also want to find a different brand than the ones i got cause after 20 secs it flashes off then back on which i dont like

[whitmers]

Good luck and let me know how that turns out, since so far mine is a bust :/

[DarthCooper88]

I'm about to tear down my 10 watt stunt saber(too bright) & convert it into a 5watter & was considering a driver as well (even a stunt looks alot cooler with blade effects, & I have seen that same pulse driver Ninja-jedi pointed it listed on ebay (it looked like a low cost part I just didnt "get" thats what it was for ...duh ) The tcss ones look cool , just a bit pricey though you can have the option of a momentary switch.

[Ninja-Jedi]

it looks like a buck puck but it is called a pulse driver, i have not ordered yet so i have no experiece with it, i just hope that it is not a buck puck cause i already have them if you get before me let me know also u can find it on amazon i think

[Ninja-Jedi]

here is quick video with PCB inside flickering candle, want to say first off this is not a pulsing effect but more of a random flickering so not really ideal for the main blade but this would work awesome on illuminated AV switches and crystal chambers, accent LED and LED in pommel, I got these at local craft store these were the brown wax simulated LED candle and they have to separate sets of solder pads to run 2 LED and they will have different flickering pattern, u can run more LED if u run them in parrallel

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH2bIVWFERI" target="_blank" class="aeva_link bbc_link new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH2bIVWFERI</a>