Excellent work, if you want to switch the LEDs from the default RGB to a new RGBW LEDS, do you have to make any change to the PCB or the programming? if I want a true White or better colors?
This project really isn't suited for a neopixel blade. You'd need to take a different route. This video by chrisedge covers making a neopixel blade compatible with Galaxy's Edge hilts: ua-cam.com/video/ftxNxvhxoQ8/v-deo.html If I wanted RGBW LEDs that is the route I would take.
@@Ruthsarian thanks for your response! I'm kinda new to this world, I didn't know that Neopixel is the same as RGBW, I came to this world and your video thanks to reddit, asking why my GE saber with the yellow kyber crystal was kinda lime greenish yellow. I read various calling to use RGBW than the standart RGB that these blades comes with... will check the video you share. Keep the excellent work!!!
Been wanting to make a li-ion battery pack for my lightsaber. Wondering if any of the components use the full 4.5v from the oem pack, or is everything running off of 3.2v logic?
have you seen the hallmark 4 piece haunted mansion 2023 collection that all work together? Wondered if it would be possible to make these work like you were able to make the droids from galaxy's edge work without being in the parks
I hadn't. I saw your other comment about this and started looking into it. As best I can tell these are using a custom wireless module. I don't believe it's Bluetooth. That makes it a more difficult task than the droids. At best you would need to buy some kind of 2.4ghz wireless module and program it with whatever protocol they're using. I'm keeping an eye out for a cheap, used ornament that I can buy and take apart.
@@tommycote1550 I am well and truly deep down this rabbit hole now. I have a leota ornament, I have sniffed the SPI comms on the wireless module inside the ornament. I have found the chip it is using (XN297LBW from Panchip) and I got an nRF24L01 board I bought off Amazon hooked up to an Arduino nano and it is able to hear the data the leota ornament is sending out. twitter.com/ruthsarian/status/1752694246836998248 I don't know how far I'm going with this project, but it certainly is possible to make something to interact with these ornaments.
it doesn't appear that it's possible to trigger each ornament on its own. when an ornament button is pressed it sends out a countdown. when the countdown reaches 0, any other ornaments listening have a 3 second window to acknowledge the countdown. if the mansion is one of the ornaments to acknowledge (or it's the mansion that initiated the countdown) then a second countdown begins which includes a value telling those ornaments listening which ornaments are included in the "show" that starts. once that countdown hits zero, the ornaments stop transmitting data until another button is pressed on any ornament. the entire show, which ornament plays when, the light flickering in sync, it's all pre-programmed on each individual ornament. the countdown is used to sync all the ornaments together. there's no command telling an ornament to start playing or to set its lights a certain way. so I can send out a signal pretending to be the mansion topper and that only, say, leota should play. but then there will be like 20 seconds of silence until it gets to the point in the timeline where leota should play. there may be some hidden commands that I haven't found that do it, and I'll try searching a little more, but I don't think this system is as hackable as we'd hoped.
I have to thank you for all of the work! I was successful in assembling + and installing one!
Looking forward to part 5
You're a jedi master!!
Excellent work, if you want to switch the LEDs from the default RGB to a new RGBW LEDS, do you have to make any change to the PCB or the programming? if I want a true White or better colors?
This project really isn't suited for a neopixel blade. You'd need to take a different route. This video by chrisedge covers making a neopixel blade compatible with Galaxy's Edge hilts: ua-cam.com/video/ftxNxvhxoQ8/v-deo.html
If I wanted RGBW LEDs that is the route I would take.
@@Ruthsarian thanks for your response! I'm kinda new to this world, I didn't know that Neopixel is the same as RGBW, I came to this world and your video thanks to reddit, asking why my GE saber with the yellow kyber crystal was kinda lime greenish yellow. I read various calling to use RGBW than the standart RGB that these blades comes with... will check the video you share. Keep the excellent work!!!
How do I order this?
Thank you
Been wanting to make a li-ion battery pack for my lightsaber. Wondering if any of the components use the full 4.5v from the oem pack, or is everything running off of 3.2v logic?
everything runs of 3.3V. both mine and the stock blade controllers have voltage regulators to drop the battery pack voltage down to 3.3V.
@Ruthsarian Thats perfect. Thanks!
Was this the work in progress controller thing that made the blade able to be orange and teal?
yup!
have you seen the hallmark 4 piece haunted mansion 2023 collection that all work together? Wondered if it would be possible to make these work like you were able to make the droids from galaxy's edge work without being in the parks
I hadn't. I saw your other comment about this and started looking into it. As best I can tell these are using a custom wireless module. I don't believe it's Bluetooth. That makes it a more difficult task than the droids. At best you would need to buy some kind of 2.4ghz wireless module and program it with whatever protocol they're using.
I'm keeping an eye out for a cheap, used ornament that I can buy and take apart.
great! thanks for checking things out! I thought you might find those interesting at the very least.@@Ruthsarian
@@tommycote1550 I am well and truly deep down this rabbit hole now. I have a leota ornament, I have sniffed the SPI comms on the wireless module inside the ornament. I have found the chip it is using (XN297LBW from Panchip) and I got an nRF24L01 board I bought off Amazon hooked up to an Arduino nano and it is able to hear the data the leota ornament is sending out.
twitter.com/ruthsarian/status/1752694246836998248
I don't know how far I'm going with this project, but it certainly is possible to make something to interact with these ornaments.
@@Ruthsarian That's awesome. I hope I got you interested and excited about this project. Seems like it's definitely peeked your interest.
it doesn't appear that it's possible to trigger each ornament on its own.
when an ornament button is pressed it sends out a countdown. when the countdown reaches 0, any other ornaments listening have a 3 second window to acknowledge the countdown. if the mansion is one of the ornaments to acknowledge (or it's the mansion that initiated the countdown) then a second countdown begins which includes a value telling those ornaments listening which ornaments are included in the "show" that starts.
once that countdown hits zero, the ornaments stop transmitting data until another button is pressed on any ornament.
the entire show, which ornament plays when, the light flickering in sync, it's all pre-programmed on each individual ornament. the countdown is used to sync all the ornaments together. there's no command telling an ornament to start playing or to set its lights a certain way.
so I can send out a signal pretending to be the mansion topper and that only, say, leota should play. but then there will be like 20 seconds of silence until it gets to the point in the timeline where leota should play.
there may be some hidden commands that I haven't found that do it, and I'll try searching a little more, but I don't think this system is as hackable as we'd hoped.