If you ever do this with a Kylo Ren saber I will be clicking right away! Amazing work sir, going to watch your tutorial vid to see if I can do this with my Ben Solo hilt.
Hey! So I actually ended up doing the same thing you did on my Ahsoka sabers from Galaxy's Edge, but ended up going with a Proffie board instead of a CFX. Everything works great, except the blade colors seem to be way off. I realized this is probably due to the three pin system instead of a normal 5 or 7 pin setup with a normal neopixel pcb connector. I ended up wiring the battery chassis in parallel and swapping the batteries out for 350 mAh 10440 batteries which are the same size as the AAA batteries that were originally in the holder. For whatever reason, only a few legacy sabers use AA and I wish these ones did since I'd rather use 14500s like you ended up using. Are you able to create a true white blade or clash with your setup? I'm debating adding the capacitors on the blade to see if that helps, but I figure I'd ask what you did first!
@@Derek199574 around how much does it take to buy all the necessary upgrade materials? Did u also took out the old LED stocked in it and buy new neopixel strips for it?
Im so determined to do this for my own legacy sabers! Looking forwars to the indepth tutorial! I already have a solder and very basic skills soldering. How much was buying all the materials to convert it?
Edit: Found the answer on reddit just posting back here for others here. AA's don't have enough discharge output, so 14500s are better. Just in the process of gathering parts for converting the same saber! The quality of the hilt is amazing so I can't wait to get some WS2812B/SK6812 LEDs in there and some proper motion capture with smoothswing. Just one question, did you ever swap the AA batteries for a 18650? In my opinion it's really not needed since the AA batteries in the hilt are in a series configuration. This puts the voltage almost on par with a 18650 (3.6V for 3 rechargeable AAs) and the capacity would be almost on par when using some 3100mah AAs I've been looking at on Amazon. Am I understanding this right? Sorry I'm still pretty new when it comes to electrical stuff. Just wondering what your thoughts are. Also congratulations on the finished build! It turned out amazing.
Is a second auxiliary switch an option with a build like this? Amazing work by the way , will be doing a custom Savi saber in February and I wonder if this is possible with that chasis.
LegendaryMoji CFX board has many different switch configurations. Recently single activation switch features have been enabled so that you can use many of the board’s functions. Prior it was either: Latching + Aux switch or Momentary + Aux switch or Single Latching or Momentary switch no features
MZJ it’s pretty straight forward, when setting up the config file you just select whichever switch mode corresponds to your build, in this case single “momentary”. Then you just use the switch as you would a momentary switch. On and Off.
@@Derek199574 Interesting! So instead of leaving the switch latched, as it would operate from factory, you are quickly activating and then deactivating the latch switch to act as a momentary switch?
Tsondie21 Rockets yupp that’s exactly how I’m using it. Currently on the search for a spring loaded switch that’s in the same form factor. But for now using the latching switch isn’t that bad.
Tsondie21 Rockets CFX board also has nice delays you can set so that you don’t struggle with a single switch, even if it’s momentary. So for power off I “hold” it On for 1.5 seconds. To reboot the board into font selection it’s 3 seconds.
@@Derek199574 Is there any way you could upload your configuration for the CFX board for this? I'm configuring my board now and I think I've got a handle on it, but I'm curious as to what setting you used.
Any chance you can make a video on what you doing to navigate the menu with a latching switch? Thanks in advance!
So does it treat a flick up as pressing the button and and a flick down as letting go of the button?
Bro as always you continue to impress!
If you ever do this with a Kylo Ren saber I will be clicking right away! Amazing work sir, going to watch your tutorial vid to see if I can do this with my Ben Solo hilt.
Hey can u just change the board but keep the blade leds?
That is cool so you can use it with any board
Follow up did you make a video on how you completed this setup
Please please please do a step by step. I want to learn please!
How did u do this is there a link to upgrading it or what?
Hey! So I actually ended up doing the same thing you did on my Ahsoka sabers from Galaxy's Edge, but ended up going with a Proffie board instead of a CFX. Everything works great, except the blade colors seem to be way off. I realized this is probably due to the three pin system instead of a normal 5 or 7 pin setup with a normal neopixel pcb connector. I ended up wiring the battery chassis in parallel and swapping the batteries out for 350 mAh 10440 batteries which are the same size as the AAA batteries that were originally in the holder. For whatever reason, only a few legacy sabers use AA and I wish these ones did since I'd rather use 14500s like you ended up using. Are you able to create a true white blade or clash with your setup? I'm debating adding the capacitors on the blade to see if that helps, but I figure I'd ask what you did first!
Awesome! I want to get into my GE Windu hilt to convert with Proffie!
How do you use spectrum with single switch?
do you think you will make a video on the vader conversion any time soon?
John probably within a month or so, when my wallet is ready hahah
@@Derek199574 around how much does it take to buy all the necessary upgrade materials? Did u also took out the old LED stocked in it and buy new neopixel strips for it?
Can you duel with it??
Im so determined to do this for my own legacy sabers! Looking forwars to the indepth tutorial! I already have a solder and very basic skills soldering. How much was buying all the materials to convert it?
Can you provide links to what we need to buy please. Also did you upgrade the speaker?
So cool! I have the same saber from Galaxy’s Edge. Is there a possibility of doing this service for my saber if I paid?
Man do you do commissions? Would love to get my Disney saber converted!
Hi Derek! Did u open an etsy page? It was selling for this service. Was making sure its you before i jump in.
Edit: Found the answer on reddit just posting back here for others here. AA's don't have enough discharge output, so 14500s are better.
Just in the process of gathering parts for converting the same saber! The quality of the hilt is amazing so I can't wait to get some WS2812B/SK6812 LEDs in there and some proper motion capture with smoothswing. Just one question, did you ever swap the AA batteries for a 18650? In my opinion it's really not needed since the AA batteries in the hilt are in a series configuration. This puts the voltage almost on par with a 18650 (3.6V for 3 rechargeable AAs) and the capacity would be almost on par when using some 3100mah AAs I've been looking at on Amazon. Am I understanding this right? Sorry I'm still pretty new when it comes to electrical stuff. Just wondering what your thoughts are. Also congratulations on the finished build! It turned out amazing.
Is a second auxiliary switch an option with a build like this? Amazing work by the way , will be doing a custom Savi saber in February and I wonder if this is possible with that chasis.
LegendaryMoji CFX board has many different switch configurations. Recently single activation switch features have been enabled so that you can use many of the board’s functions. Prior it was either:
Latching + Aux switch or
Momentary + Aux switch or
Single Latching or Momentary switch no features
i'd hope you actually explain how the control actually works with the switch...
MZJ it’s pretty straight forward, when setting up the config file you just select whichever switch mode corresponds to your build, in this case single “momentary”. Then you just use the switch as you would a momentary switch. On and Off.
@@Derek199574 Interesting! So instead of leaving the switch latched, as it would operate from factory, you are quickly activating and then deactivating the latch switch to act as a momentary switch?
Tsondie21 Rockets yupp that’s exactly how I’m using it. Currently on the search for a spring loaded switch that’s in the same form factor. But for now using the latching switch isn’t that bad.
Tsondie21 Rockets CFX board also has nice delays you can set so that you don’t struggle with a single switch, even if it’s momentary. So for power off I “hold” it On for 1.5 seconds. To reboot the board into font selection it’s 3 seconds.
@@Derek199574 Is there any way you could upload your configuration for the CFX board for this? I'm configuring my board now and I think I've got a handle on it, but I'm curious as to what setting you used.
This is amazing!! Great gob! I can pay if you can do this for me.. please..
If you have Instagram add me! I’m tryna learn how to do this! Thank you