LEDs have been tested successfully. Please note that as we’re writing this anual, we
cannot guarantee the use with ANY kind of high-power LEDs appearing in the arket
in the future.
Warning : High-power LEDs (such as the Luxeon brand LED which is
mentioned in this document) are
extremely bright
. They are considered
"class 2 lasers"! You should neither look directly to the beam nor point
someone with it when the blade is not attached to the hilt just like a
powerfull lamp or flashlight. Plecter Labs could not be held responsible for
any bad use of high-power LEDs.
To avoid injuries and retina damage due to the high brightness of those
high-power LEDs simple “emitter plugs” can be built using a piece of blade
tubing ended with some decorative greeblies.
Sound section
The Plecter Labs sound board is unique. It has been developed in the purpose of
i proving the quality of DIY sabers sound FX in a significant way. During too any
years, sound odules were obtained fro sacrificed toys and re ained low quality.
Master Replica FX sabers broke the line with better sounds and good dyna ics.
However, the low resolution otion sensors used as well as closed electronics ade
those boards i possible to adjust in ter of sensitivity or sound contents.
We have onitored several atte pts for building an e bedded sound odule playing
custo & changeable sounds, often based on chipcorders. Using bulky parts, those
were often unreliable and hard to fit in a hilt. Not to add those chipcorders were
designed for digital answering achines, and therefore feature a bad restitution
quality (voice sa ple rate).
Plecter Labs decided to process the internal otion sensors and the sound generation
on the sa e board which requires so e non-volatile e ory. Second, we needed a
si ple way to upload or download sound contents or configuration of the saber
through a si ple and standard way.
To avoid any plugging proble with a
s all connector and an easy-to-loose
cable, we opted for a high-end flash
e ory card in the SD for at (now
icroSD).
Inserted in a USB card reader like the
one we sell, the card is seen as a USB
storage key and it takes a few seconds
only to transfer files to or fro the
card, on Mac or PC, without the need
of any custo piece of software.
