Sound Sabre

Contents 1 Purpose 2 Requirements 3 Design Details 4 Component Ideas

Purpose

• Lightsaber-esque VU
• Node kits usable standalone, and in the Sabre

Requirements

• Sabre shape
• Evenly lit
• Portable power source
• Must use spectrum analysis instead of volume for VU
• Individually addressable
• RGB
• PWM
• Wifi / bluetooth would be nice
• Accelerometer

Design Details

• Round PCB for light nodes
• I2C for communications bus

Component Ideas

• Attiny2313 SOIC
• SMD RGB LEDS
• MSGEQ7 or
  • MSGEQ7 Instructions