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1Gather Materials
1. Purchase them.
2. Wait for shipment.
3. Open them.
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2Modeling
- First create the handle
- Make sure it is wide enough in the center so that the electronics sit inside
- Make sure the hole where the handle fits in is thick enough for the thickness of the glass but not so loose to have it fall out.
- Make sure to also account for the backing that is larger and at the end of the blade that must also fit into the handle
- To make the holes create an offset plane and create a hole to the circumference of the buttons
- Same with the charging port
- Make the inside threads
- Create the pommel
- Create offset planes for the details
- Create the inside threads
- Create the backing
- Create the backing so there is room for neo pixels
- Leave a little wiggle room
- Have it go in to then clamp on the blade
- Create holes for setting screws
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3Printing
Open the software for the 3D printer you are using
- Import the downloaded stl file
- To download go into fusion and click export and export as an stl
- Change the color, add support, select the right plate
- Slice all files
- Download to a usb
- Print the pieces one at a time
- Import the downloaded stl file
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4Wiring Part 1 (using Xiao RP2040)
- Attach USB-C wire to computer and have Thonny loaded up.
- Attach two Wago to each of the GND pin and 3v3 pin.
- Attach one wire of the momentary push button to pin 4 and the other to the 3v3 pin’s Wago.
- Cut 18 LEDs from the Neopixel LED strip.
- Attach a Wire Connector to the LED strip.
- Attach
- Attach GND wire to GND Wago, VCC to 3v3 pin, and DI to pin 2.
- Test and see if running on Thonny works. If so, lights should be moving back and forth, with the button changing the colors.
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5Wiring Part 2 (using Xiao RP2040 & Charging Board)
- Connect Wago pieces of VCC and GND to VO+ and VO- each.
- Connect B+ and B- to battery
- Add a push button in between the B+ wire
- Add USB-C port to In+ In-
- Utilize the push button and test if the circuit works. If so, when pressing the push button, lights should be moving back and forth, with the button changing the colors WITHOUT being plugged into the computer on Thonny.
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6Assemble
1. Put Wire parts inside the Handle
2. Connect both handle parts together.
3. Connect Pommel to handle
4. Connect backing and blade to handle.
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