DIYino - an Arduino compatible board for prop electronics

ArduinoMadd:
Proto:

Ok cool, so if I do a PayPal purchase, now, V3 will be in the post? :slight_smile: ...

I still expect the V3 board to be out on time in April. I'm working hard to achieve the timeline. Actually a few are already out to testers and I will probably send out the board from my prototype run to those early birds first in the FIFO list.

I wanted to ask what sorts of speakers people normally use on their soundboards. I've done some researching and all I can seem to find are something called "lilypad speakers". From their specs, it doesn't seem like they'd have nearly the kind of output volume or quality that most arduino sabers seem to have, but I wanted to get a sort of poll on what most people normally use for audio output.

MaskedNozza:
I wanted to ask what sorts of speakers people normally use on their soundboards. I've done some researching and all I can seem to find are something called "lilypad speakers". From their specs, it doesn't seem like they'd have nearly the kind of output volume or quality that most arduino sabers seem to have, but I wanted to get a sort of poll on what most people normally use for audio output.

The best ones I found so far are the 2W, 8Ohms 28mm speakers from VECO (like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Veco-28mm-2-watt-8-ohm-Lightsaber-Speaker-X-3/112912006412?epid=22009256539&hash=item1a4a147d0c:g:zaMAAOSwevdaBt3Y). But I also made good experience with other 28mm or 20mm 2W speakers, important is the impedance, take 8Ohms.

Thanks so much for all your help thus far, Protonerd! Once I have the speaker I'll be constructing my internal chassis and figuring out how my external chassis will go together! If I'm streaming some of it or upload a video, where would you prefer that I post a notification, if at all?

Protonerd,

I ordered one of the v3 boards a couple weeks ago from the site. Do you have an updated ETA on when they will be shipping?

Maybe the info was not sticking to the eyes, but I tried to get the message through that the V3 was at that time in pre-order, due in April.

I have therefore good news for you: this week I'm going to pick up the assembled batch, so I expect shipping in the course of next week.

Protonerd:
Maybe the info was not sticking to the eyes, but I tried to get the message through that the V3 was at that time in pre-order, due in April.

I have therefore good news for you: this week I'm going to pick up the assembled batch, so I expect shipping in the course of next week.

Knew they were on Pre-order. Just wanted to see if there was a more concrete shipping date. Thanks for the info. Looking forward to working with the board.

Hi Protonerd,

Thanks for creating this awesome board. I recently bought a V3 for a saber I built and it's working great. The DIYino with FX-SaberOS is a scratchbuilder's dream.

I'm starting another saber and I'd like to have more LED's. Other than D11, D12, D13 and A0(D14) are there any pins that can be used for custom I/O? It looks like D3 and D4 aren't used, but there are no breakouts for those pins.

Hi Bipe,

If you tell me for what purpose and what kind of LEDs you need, we could brainstorm how to make it happen. The Stardust V3 does not have any additional I/Os to drive LEDs or such, but since nowadays very often neopixels are used and for static lightning you can hook up an LED to the battery as well, let's see if you really need the extra pins.

Is this project still alive? It looks like https://www.protowerkstatt.com/diyino-prop-boards has been down for a while. I was hoping to order a Stardust board.

Andras has posted on the Facebook page that he is reworking the site for changes. Maybe contact him there for a board.

Ah okay thanks. I don’t have Facebook so I guess I’ll just wait for his site to come back up. The new Infinity board sounds worth waiting for anyway.

Hi ! I'm planning to build a Homebrew lightsaber, but for now I'm gathering informations about components. I wish to know if these strips are worthy for a neopixel blade (144/m) ?
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32636234899.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.69a36c37MQkhRb
Regards

Yes... those should be fine.

@xl97 Thank you ! And what do you think of this DFPlayer ? https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32832586627.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.58396c37ewdBe3

DFPlayer = no

Looks t be a clone.

  • Which may or may not still work,....but whatever library you will end using, the chip may not fully support it.

True DFPlayers and the default DFRobot library (and I would imagine the ones used in this project) support the YX5200 chip set I believe.

Not the one displayed in the images from the link you posted.

@xl97 Thank you for your quick reply ! Maybe this one is a better choice ?
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32860342792.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.edde4248173IQL&algo_pvid=4a947c96-8b2d-4f04-86e7-bf5fffd5f2c6&algo_expid=4a947c96-8b2d-4f04-86e7-bf5fffd5f2c6-0&btsid=d75f3a1b-37b9-4d20-9ea0-9bb324ce7f91&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_10,searchweb201603_55

The 'picture' is a real one..

  • What you get upon arrival may be another story. :slight_smile:

Ok, thank you !

skullmonkey:
Hi ! I'm planning to build a Homebrew lightsaber, but for now I'm gathering informations about components. I wish to know if these strips are worthy for a neopixel blade (144/m) ?
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/32636234899.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.69a36c37MQkhRb
Regards

While neopixel stripes from AliExpress might conform to the WS2812B (or similar) spec, they are of inferior quality. Please do yourself a favor and do not order from AliExpress.
You can get good quality neopixel stripes from Amazon, many ebay sellers mostly from US and EU sources sell reliable stripes as well.

One more hint: ships specializing in saber parts like JQ or KR from England (I mention them as they are still EU for 2 more hours...) sell stripes for comparable price like other vendors. Worth to have a look! Same applies probably to US-sources.