Has anyone found a modern found item that works for a Luke ESB circuit board???
Luke ESB circuit board?
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Yeah - but what I was wondering was if theres an easy to find alternative besides one from blast tech or parks...
Well, I found a real world component that I like and I use.
It's from Fry's electronics, in the DIY computer/circuit section.
It's a real blank circuit board 'breadboard' for you-it-yourself electronics.
It yields one 13 connector per board and cost about $25. I bought mine a few years ago but I saw them a few weeks ago on the same isle at Fry's.
Raw, it looks like this:
Trimmed, it looks like this:
Hope that helps !
It's from Fry's electronics, in the DIY computer/circuit section.
It's a real blank circuit board 'breadboard' for you-it-yourself electronics.
It yields one 13 connector per board and cost about $25. I bought mine a few years ago but I saw them a few weeks ago on the same isle at Fry's.
Raw, it looks like this:
Trimmed, it looks like this:
Hope that helps !
That does! Theres a Fry's about a mile from my house, thanks!
Darth Lars
Master Member
Not close enough for me. Card is not white, lines not wide enough.
Old Commodore C-64's had a bus connector (actually, its parallel port) that looks better, but it is has only nine gold-plated connectors, so it is not long enough even for a Vader ESB/ROTJ saber. Maybe you could glue two of them together, I dunno ...
Great for a custom design, though. The C-64 is the single best-selling computer model in the world, so it should be easy to find.
connector in top left corner of this pic.
Old Commodore C-64's had a bus connector (actually, its parallel port) that looks better, but it is has only nine gold-plated connectors, so it is not long enough even for a Vader ESB/ROTJ saber. Maybe you could glue two of them together, I dunno ...
Great for a custom design, though. The C-64 is the single best-selling computer model in the world, so it should be easy to find.
connector in top left corner of this pic.
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The board on mine is a light yellow/light green color, not white.
I've heard the circuit board inside and NES cartridge works - but I opened one up and it didnt seem like that close of a match...
lonepigeon
Master Member
That's the problem. Should be a white-ish green. Looks too yellow, but some of that might be the lighting.
It all depends on the manufacturer. I have a plain circuit board from an electronics place that is the correct color and line width.
Is that the one on the posw?
I'm hoping some day we'll find an item that has the boards we are looking for... I can't find my reference at the moment but IIRC the real deal features gold fingers that are not curved at the top and the gold actually extends into the thinner portion.
DoctorEight
Active Member
It's not close, but will serve in a pinch. The best thing going for it is 13 pins in 2" but accuracy is off.
Edit: sorry for the bumpage, this was linked in another thread.
Darth Lars
Master Member
Welcome back, old thread. 
The connector spacing seem to have been the standard in the '70s and early '80s. Any bus connector from that era should work, if it has the right types of leads.
I feel a little bad for doing it, but I disassembled another vintage HP computer from the early '80s in search of a bus connector card, and the cards were very close in appearance but no exact match.
Anyway, I gave the keyboard's keycaps to a keyboard collector and saved a couple components for my own electronics projects, so it was not entirely in vain.
The connector spacing seem to have been the standard in the '70s and early '80s. Any bus connector from that era should work, if it has the right types of leads.
I feel a little bad for doing it, but I disassembled another vintage HP computer from the early '80s in search of a bus connector card, and the cards were very close in appearance but no exact match.
Anyway, I gave the keyboard's keycaps to a keyboard collector and saved a couple components for my own electronics projects, so it was not entirely in vain.
Probe Droid
Master Member
I had the real deal back in the day (I ended up giving it to a guy here for his ESB build), and I think 13 bars (whatever they're called) was correct.
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