Hi. I've been asked to make two lightsabers for use in a performance at the Budokan, of all places, and brightness is the top priority.
The colors are green and red. For green, I'm planning on using a Luxeon V. For red, it seems the brightest LED that will work in a lightsaber is the Luxeon III.
I plan on using two 14500-type (3.7 volt) TrustFire Li-Ion batteries for the green Luxeon V, and probably four aaa 1000mA Ni-MH batteries for the red Luxeon III.
For the green Luxeon V, a 700mA Buckpuck seems like a good idea. And a 1000mA Buckpuck might be good for the red Luxeon III.
I'm thinking of using 6-wire Buckpucks (the 3023-D-E-700 and the 3023-D-E-1000), and I'm wondering if the Arduino can use the REF and CTL wire leads to create effects such as shimmering, fade-in, fade-out, etc.
Oh, and the performance is just seven weeks away. :o
Any advice for this n00b will be greatly appreciated.