ArcEye 2 LEDs - The Ultimate LED button mod!

Hey Purplearms I sent you a PM about showcasing some of your stuff on my stream. Either way I want to learn how to make this work and mod one of my sticks :slight_smile:

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I would but down the road when i put more links there, it would be easier for people to find pics that matched their setup rather than scroll through a ton of images =D

I’m trying to upload videos to youtube over the past 2 days and it keeps failing. Youtube video uploading sucks! :frowning:

look at what arrived @ my door today!

whats with those notes next to the sticker? lol

Nice :smiley:

oh that would be these funny little cards that i got for free from the sticker guy:

Lol those cards can be useful

gangster card^

Video 1 for step 1 is FINALLY uploaded to youtube. Video 2 films tonight and should be up tomorrow.
I have updated post #2 (install instructions) with this video

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I have mine hooked up but the 3Ks are stuck lit up and they are green only - Hooked up to Leov2. And will not change color. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Leo2? How are you powering this? You had a sparky too?

nice video update

sigh… i cant catch a break… theres like a 10 second audio sync problem… i gotta re-upload it… i’ll leave this one here until the new one is processed… bear with me here…

Yes. I got one of the few remaining high capacity batteries gummo had left. And hooked everything up to together w/ the leo & sparky

Now they are just red.

Going to start over and put it together a little slower and then see what happens. :slight_smile:

Well, arceye2 is supposed to be run on 5v. Are you using s step up converter to convert your battery voltage?

For Rollie/ponyboy button owners: Just confirmed AE2 will fit. You will need to install the switch first, then hot glue the bottom of the arc eye (or inside the button if you can get the gun inside) then install the AE2. I’ll take some pics when I can find my camera.

Have not confirmed yet on seimitsu snap ins (but will order some to see)

There are 2 reasons not to use a lower voltage with AE2’s + SparkyPWM

  1. Arc eyes have a forward voltage that must be met, you’re barely scraping by at ~3.7v, not allowing for much of a glow, if it even works.
  2. The SparkyPWM runs on an Atmega328 with a 16Mhz resonator attached, the Atmega328 has specific speed grades for proper operation:
    0 - 4MHz @1.8 - 5.5V
    0 - 10MHz @2.7 - 5.5.V
    0 - 20MHz @ 4.5 - 5.5V

Chances are at 3.7v the Sparky itself isn’t at a safe voltage to run at the intended speed, giving you odd results when pressing buttons/not pressing buttons.

I would actually remove the Leo + battery and hook it directly to USB to verify functionality first before attempting to drop it to a lower voltage. If you do want to use the Leo I suggest grabbing a step up converter to bring it to the intended ~5v.

I’ve got some seimitsu snap ins. Will try them out when I get my SparkEye II…see what I did there :wink: