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Board configuration
You don’t need to change the board configuration unless you wired the board yourself. If you
bought a Diamond saber, the board is already wired and configured so you can skip this
chapter.
The Diamond Controller can drive up to 8 LEDs. It has 4 power channels for blade illumination,
able to drive a RGBW LED at up to 1 A/channel, and 4 accent channels for accessories such
as an illuminated switch or a crystal chamber, able to drive independent low-power LEDs at up
to 50 mA/channel. Any accent channel can be assigned to the built-in battery monitor, which
visually signals the charging state of your batteries. See
The LED configuration used by your saber has to be programmed on the board
before
wiring
the LEDs. Please be very careful: if the board configuration is incorrect, you may damage the
board and / or the LEDs. Normally you should receive de board already configured so you don’t
need to change the configuration unless you change the wiring.
To adjust the board configuration press the “Board Config” button on the “Diamond Controller”
tab.
There are three sections related to the board configuration:
Power LEDs
Here you can enable / disable and set the maximum current for each Power LED channel.
Please use this setting with caution: if you allow the Diamond Controller to provide a higher
current than the LED is able to withstand, it will most likely damage the LED.
