Naigon Electronic Spark Color SC2-R3, Setup Manual

Page 1: ... 2013 by Scott DeBoer Naigon s Electronic Creations Spark Color 2 Spark Igniter and Naigon s Electronic Creations have no affiliation with Lucas Film Disney or its subsidiaries SC2 R3 SETUP GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...ark Color 2 Layout 6 3 3 TruDrive Separation 8 4 Wiring Diagrams 8 4 1 Basic Wiring 8 4 2 RGB Wiring 9 4 3 RGBW RGBA RGBX wiring 9 4 4 Rumble Motor and Accessory Wiring 10 4 5 Color Changing Crystal Wiring 11 4 6 X Saber Wiring 12 4 7 Single Color Cross Guard Blade 13 4 8 Full Wiring With Accents 14 5 Configuration Editing 16 5 1 Installation 16 5 2 Copy Files to your machine 16 5 3 Launching The ...

Page 3: ... SD 27 5 7 Copy Files Back To The Micro SD 28 6 Saber Operation 28 6 1 Idle Mode 29 6 1 1 Idle Mode Interaction Table 29 6 2 Running Mode 29 6 2 1 Running Mode Interaction Table 29 6 3 Saber Tracks 30 6 3 1 Saber Tracks Interactivity 30 6 4 Saber Configuration 30 6 5 Color Editor 31 6 5 1 Color Editor Menu 31 6 5 2 Color Editor Editing 31 6 6 Motion Editor 31 7 Thanks 32 ...

Page 4: ...zes a color for each font Spark Color 2 has nine 9 color sets which are independent from the fonts A color set consists of a main blade color a clash color and a blaster block color These colors are stored on disk in the folders colr1 colr2 colr9 They can be edited from both the Configuration Editor on the computer or from the Color Editor by booting the saber with the aux button pressed The latte...

Page 5: ...to the VBATT and VBATT pads NEVER HOOK A 7 4V BATTERY DIRECTLY TO AN SPARK COLOR 2 UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR YOU WILL DESTROY THE BOARD NEVER REVERSE THE POLARITY OF VBATT AND VBATT GND IF USING A CONNECTOR FOR THE BATTERY MAKE SURE TO USE ONE THAT ONLY CLIPS IN ONE WAY TO PREVENT DAMAGING THE BOARD BY HOOKING THE POWER IN REVERSE 3 1 2 BATTERY PROTECTION Only use li ion batteries that have a bui...

Page 6: ...hold com 3 1 4 BATTERY SIZE The best battery to use is an 18650 space allowing If that cannot be used then an 18500 17650 16650 or 17500 should be used in that order 14xxx batteries and 18350 batteries are not recommended due to their shorter life and because those batteries may not be able to output enough power to run 4 die of a High Brightness LED HBLED 3 1 5 LED CHOICES When using Spark Color ...

Page 7: ...t is rated at 200mA 6 Accent LED pads 1 2 3 Each pad can hold one 20mA accent LED These LEDs will be sequenced by the chosen pattern 7 Accent LED pads 4 5 6 7 8 Remaining LED pads that are smaller in size 28AWG or smaller wire is required for these pads 8 LED connect pads 1 2 3 4 GND Pads that hook the TruDrive board to the Igniter 2 main board Hook the corresponding numbers together with a wire P...

Page 8: ...before separating the boards 4 WIRING DIAGRAMS The following diagrams are the most common to get your board up and running Note It is very important that the correct resistor be used between the negative pad of the LED and C1 C2 C3 and C4 to prevent burning out the LED for warm color LEDs For Rebel LEDs if a red red orange or amber LED is used then a 1ohm 1watt resister is needed For any other Reb...

Page 9: ...htest possible colors throughout the entire color range and can do vivid oranges purples and other mixed colors that other LEDs cannot do as well Another good choice is the standard TriCrees that you can get from the custom saber shop The following diagram shows the NECree RGB wiring Figure 4 Wiring up Spark Color 2 with the NECree RGB LED This setup uses RGB wiring and allows for full color mixin...

Page 10: ... WIRING When not using a fourth die the C4 pin can be use to run an accessory For those familiar with the original Igniter the C4 pin is actually a cross between the Crystal Pin and Flash pin from Igniter Thus it can be used for a single crystal LED a rumble motor or any other accessory if not used as a fourth color The following diagram will show the use of a low power 3 3v shaft less motor that ...

Page 11: ...v is required the power could be hooked to the battery directly Also note that the C4 pad can only handle up to 2A 4 5 COLOR CHANGING CRYSTAL WIRING With the advent of color mixing many people are wanting a blade matching crystal chamber to go along with their build If you want to experience this thrill then look no further The following diagram shows how to get this LED wired and working ...

Page 12: ...ng from the battery I recommend a 22 33ohm for R1 and a 1ohm each for R2 4 6 X SABER WIRING The following diagram shows the wiring of the XDrive and Spark Color 2 board to utilize the X Saber functionality Three NECree LEDs are shown a TriCree can be used as well but resistors will be needed for all three red die Note that it is recommended to use a 26650 since the runtime drain for this setup is ...

Page 13: ...ommend 100 as the side LEDs are short and running 3 high power LEDs causes a large drain on the batteries So for color set 1 the following would work C4COLOR 100 C4FLSH 100 C4BLST 100 If you want to do something more advanced like having a color set where the side blades only come on during the clash effect you could set the following C4COLOR 0 C4FLSH 100 C4BLST 0 This allows each font to have a d...

Page 14: ...ce the initial release so pay attention to the diagram below Notice that a resistor that is somewhere between 270ohm to 400ohm is required It doesn t really matter what the value is it s just there to protect the data line I usually use a 330ohm as it is a pretty common value Also this example is using the triangular prism style where three strips are wired in parallel To save power it is possible...

Page 15: ...TS The following diagram shows how to wire all accent LEDs and the recharge port which will utilize every feature of Spark Color 2 except for C4 This will be the typical diagram for most folks that are looking for a build that utilizes all the great features of the board without overly complicated wiring Note that the accent pads 4 8 are in the middle of the bottom of the board and require 28 30 g...

Page 16: ...u can get the file from SaberIgniter com A version is also included on the micro SD card that came with Igniter but I recommend going to the site to get the newest version in case any enhancements have been made to the program Click through the wizard until the application launches 5 2 COPY FILES TO YOUR MACHINE Before opening Spark Color 2 Config Editor you will need to copy the files you want to...

Page 17: ...low Figure 12 After creating a new directory called c Igniter Saber1 the files are copied from the micro SD card on the right to the new Saber1 folder on the left From here edits can be made to the files from the config editor 5 3 LAUNCHING THE APPLICATION To launch the config editor you can use either the desktop shortcut that was created or you can use the shortcut from the Start Menu Once launc...

Page 18: ...an then go to File Open and the open dialogue will appear Navigate to the c Igniter Saber1 folder and then go into one of the fonts to edit When you see the config ini appear in the window double click it or select it and click open to load the program for editing this font ...

Page 19: ...e font before opening it for the first time To copy a new sound font first go to the font that you want to change In this example it will be c Igniter Saber1 font1 Navigate to that directory in explorer and then select both of the wav files font wav and multi wav and all the wav folders I find the easiest way to do that is to select all edit select all or ctrl A then hold control and click the con...

Page 20: ... the config files and backup folder you can copy in all the new wav files from a new font You can find these from online saber sound websites and there are some free ones available from my website as well http SaberIgniter com fonts aspx Once the files are copied then either open the font in the config editor or if the config editor was already opened to this font simply switch back to the config ...

Page 21: ...dividual setting will show a description in the Description textbox below the Ignite ulator Further for any setting where the text is in red changing the value will show the change in Ignite ulator After any edits are made simply go to File Save to ensure that all the changes are written back to the config The Config Editor will prompt before trying to open another font or close the program if the...

Page 22: ...h way it is pointing X SABER is the amazing new feature that allows an RGB color mixing cross guard saber After enabling this make sure to set each color set s c4 values to non zero in order for the side LEDs to turn on see 4 6 X SABER WIRING for more details on wiring and settings NEW IN R3 Only applicable for WS2812 strings REVERSE RED GREEN REVERSERG should be checked when using the 5mm straw h...

Page 23: ...ode which is where the accent LEDs shut off and the motion for the menu is disabled Handy for cons as it saves a lot of power when hanging on the belt since the accents drain a lot of power 5 5 2 BLADE EFFECTS The blade effects tabs contain settings for the blade s pulsing scheme along with the settings for the extension and retraction effects For Spark Color 2 the blade effects for the main blade...

Page 24: ...Spark Color 2 this tab contains the ability to edit each color set First use the dropdown to select the desired color set to edit Once chosen the sliders for the blade color clash color and blast color are loaded Then modify each C1 C2 C3 and optionally C4 to match the blade color mix Assuming the standard RGB color scheme and that C1 is Blue C2 is Green and C3 is red you can use a site like color...

Page 25: ...ly Actions are defined as swing slash clash lockup and blast respectively HUMSTART sets the time when the hum will start mixing in with the outNN wav sound as a reverse offset in milliseconds For instance if the outNN wav being played is 2 seconds long and humStart is set to 500ms then the hum will start mixing in at 1500 milliseconds which is 500ms before the end of the out wav sound This allows ...

Page 26: ...und but really quick swings may be missed Recommended is 300 500ms 5 5 6 ADVANCED The Advanced tab is used to help adjust the mix of colors for an LED specifically for LEDs like the X4 where one color is doubled up For these LEDs where one color is stronger than the others they may cause separation during the retraction effect To fix this use these sliders For example if a red and green mix is get...

Page 27: ...the Accent mode dropdown Figure 21 Accent settings Use the Accent Mode dropdown to adjust the current mode s settings Make sure to use the dropdown for each type to set all the patterns 5 6 FORMAT MICRO SD I no longer recommend using Windows built in format tool to format the SD cards as it doesn t do a true UNIX style format Instead it is much better to use a good 3rd party tool such as SDFormatt...

Page 28: ...I do this for every card that gets sent with the board but this is necessary for those that are changing fonts and or have a new SD card 5 7 COPY FILES BACK TO THE MICRO SD To copy the files back simply move all the files from the c Igniter Saber1 directory to the root of the micro SD card ONE FOLDER AT A TIME This will ensure that the files are written well and can be accessed quickly by Spark Co...

Page 29: ...ry Label Action Description Main button MAIN Press Latch Pressing the main button latching when it is a latching switch puts the saber into running mode Aux button AUX Press A single press plays the current font multiple will advance to the next font s Aux button AUX Hold point saber down Holding the Aux button while the saber is pointed straight down 6 2 RUNNING MODE When the saber is running the...

Page 30: ...lors Hit saber Blade CS Clash Hitting the saber against something or hitting your hand on the hilt will cause the Clash sound to play To return to running simply wait for the clash to finish Main Button MAIN Hold Unlatch Holding or unlatching the main button will cause the retraction sound to play and then the saber will return to Idle mode 6 3 SABER TRACKS Saber Tracks is the special seventh 7th ...

Page 31: ... menu in Igniter This menu is used to navigate the fonts to select the one to edit Entry Label Action Description Aux Button AUX Press Advances to the next color set Main Button MAIN Press Latch This button will activate the saber for editing Aux Button AUX Hold Plays the instructions Aux Button AUX Hold point saber down Returns to the Saber Configuration menu 6 5 2 COLOR EDITOR EDITING Once a fon...

Page 32: ... current motion settings Rotate saber NA Rotate Hold Aux Advances to the next motion parameter to edit Parameters are Swing Threshold Slash Threshold Clash Threshold GyroX Threshold and GyroYX Threshold respectively Swing saber NA Swing Hold Aux Same behavior as rotating the saber and holding Aux see above Hit saber Blade NA Clash Hold Aux Same behavior as rotating the saber and holding Aux see ab...

Page 33: ...Page 33 Revision History Date Revision 16 February 2015 Initial version of Spark Color 2 13 October 2017 Updated for SC2 R3 ...