There’s Hacksmith’s plasma lightsaber, and then HeroTech’s magician cane-based lightsaber. How does said magic device work? Put simply, it contains a coiled up spring steel sheet that expands to its full length when a pin is released.
An LED strip is used for illumination as well as the cable that extends and retracts the appearing cane spring, while a motor wind up the lights to handle the other duties. To ensure the light shows from all angles, HeroTech will have to rotate the LED strip quickly inside the sheath in the next version.
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Super dope lightsaber! Regarding the overheating of the LEDs, you could look into individually addressable LED strips, you could then calculate which LEDs to turn on depending on how far they are extended. That way, only the exterior LEDs are turned on and the inside ones are off,” said one fan.
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