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Author Topic: Emerald Saber w/o sound, adding obsidian v4  (Read 12175 times)
Dav2Hoo2
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« Reply #30 on: March 30, 2020, 08:07:47 PM »

Okay, Arc! I have my saber apart. But couldn’t get the LED out from the hilt.

According to the wiring diagrams, which way should I be orienting the Obsidian?

Finally, do I need to order resistors like you did? I didn’t realize that!




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« Reply #31 on: March 30, 2020, 09:00:28 PM »

So that the green (Ground) wire is facing up, like in the left picture. That's the correct orientation.

And the DynaOhm resistor is only needed when you add an illuminated AV switch.
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« Reply #32 on: March 31, 2020, 11:18:53 AM »

What Racona said.
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« Reply #33 on: March 31, 2020, 09:48:14 PM »

Okay, Arc! I have my saber apart. But couldn’t get the LED out from the hilt.

According to the wiring diagrams, which way should I be orienting the Obsidian?

Finally, do I need to order resistors like you did? I didn’t realize that!




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To get the LED out I just unscrewed it from the housing then pulled it through. The housing acts as a heatsink and a stop to hold it in place when the emitter is screwed in.
The resistor is for the Illuminated AV momentary switch I got. I'm pretty sure you need a momentary switch at least, but it doesn't have to be illuminated (which requires tying it in to either the blade led or just direct to power).
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« Reply #34 on: March 31, 2020, 09:50:10 PM »

Okay! I did get a momentary switch, but it isn’t illuminated so I should be okay! Thanks for the info on the LED as well!

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« Reply #35 on: April 01, 2020, 01:21:07 AM »

Jealous you got your obsidian already. Still no word on when I'll get mine  Undecided
It's the last thing I'm waiting on.
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« Reply #36 on: April 01, 2020, 06:05:25 PM »

Jealous you got your obsidian already. Still no word on when I'll get mine  Undecided
It's the last thing I'm waiting on.

I just got the shipping notification! It should be here Friday! I'm hyped.
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« Reply #37 on: April 03, 2020, 01:47:07 PM »



It's almost here!! AAGHHH
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« Reply #38 on: April 03, 2020, 03:42:54 PM »

So close...
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« Reply #39 on: April 04, 2020, 08:25:27 PM »

This seems odd. The battery/speaker combo came from US labeled, but the battery labels show the red as negative and the black as positive? Did someone goof the labels? Is there a way I can confirm?


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« Reply #40 on: April 04, 2020, 09:48:10 PM »

one more question, please! The wiring diagram for the switch shows LED + and - and an ON and C1 but the actual switch I have shows 2 connections. Should I assume LED+ and ON are the same terminal and C1 and LED - are the other?


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« Reply #41 on: April 04, 2020, 10:09:34 PM »

LED + and LED - are only relevant for illuminated AV switches which have them in addition to NO and C1.

You have a guarded switch, they only have NO and C1, just like a non-illuminated AV switch. And it doesn't matter which terminal you use for the ground and button connections on the board, there's no difference.
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« Reply #42 on: April 04, 2020, 11:21:31 PM »

Thank you, Racona! (As always!)

I think I must have something wired weird (I'm just testing) but the Obsidian makes a sound when I put the batteries in and the LED light up if I hold the switch button in, but it doesn't stay on when I release the switch.

That can't be right, right? If I have it wired correctly, it should stay on until pressed again, shouldn't it?

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« Reply #43 on: April 05, 2020, 11:47:50 AM »

Yes, there must be a problem somewhere, that's not normal.

What sound does the board make? Just "Obsidian" when you insert the batteries or something else?
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« Reply #44 on: April 05, 2020, 09:25:00 PM »

I've gone back to basics and wired the button to just the Obsidian card for now and took the Emerald basically out of the equation until I get one piece working at a time. (I'm also waiting on some more wire to ship to me so I can solder things properly).

Now, the switch fires up the saber sound and it does the hum until I hold the switch down to turn it off. I'm certain I'm on the right path now, I just have to get the Emerald into the equation.

One more question (If I may).  For Flash on Clash, it looks like I need a separate component, something called an accent RGB? Is that something that should have been in my Emerald stunt saber or would I have had to order that component for this upgrade?
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