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PRIZM Petit Crouto v4 User Manual

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Single Cell Middle Range Illuminated Saber Controller
Important release information
3 channel direct drive Color mixing with the FlexiBlend™ engine
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Supports luxeon III, V, rebel (old or new), seoul LEDs, Ledengin, tri-rebels, tri-
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Cree etc
Trident™ (cross-guard) support
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We spent a lot of time writing this manual to ensure all the important
information is provided for proper use of that board. If you are new to saber
building, to the use of Petit Crouton boards, or simply to electronics in
general, we highly recommend you print a copy of that document and keep
it with you during the whole process of installing PC in your hilt.
Modification, copies or distribution of that document is strictly prohibited
Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Disney or Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light
and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective
Owners.
The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual
Petit Crouton™ PRIZM v4
User's manual
© Plecter Labs / Erv' Plecter 2005-2016
© Erv' - Plecter Labs
February 2016
erv@plecterlabs.com
http://www.plecterlabs.com
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  • Page 1 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Petit Crouton™ PRIZM v4 Single Cell Middle Range Illuminated Saber Controller User’s manual © Erv’ - Plecter Labs February 2016 erv@plecterlabs.com http://www.plecterlabs.com Important release information 3 channel direct drive Color mixing with the FlexiBlend™ engine...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Index PETIT CROUTON™ PRIZM V4 MPORTANT RELEASE INFORMATION NTRODUCTION High-Power LEDs (aka Luxeon™) Sound section Petit Crouton PRIZM V3.5 Features & Maximum Ratings Placement & Installation OOLS AND ARTS REQUIRED TO INSTALL OPERATE THE MODULE OW DOES IT WORK CARD CONTENTS...
  • Page 3 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual IRING A GENERAL OWER NDICATOR CCENT DD A CRYSTAL CHAMBER TO YOUR SABER ™ M LASH ON LASH IXING ECHNIQUES ACCENT LEDS SEQUENCER Stages & Delays LEEP FLASHING FORCE PUSH” EFFECT MUTE ON THE GO™...

  • Page 4: I Ntroduction

    WAV format support, 3 different sound banks, blaster blocking, force push effect and more ! This particular release is called the PRIZM version. It is a variant of the Petit Crouton board on which the onboard current driver and power extenders were replaced by 3 direct drive channels (no current regulation) and that is designed to run exclusively on a single li-ion cell (3.7V).

  • Page 5: Sound Section

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual LEDs have been tested successfully. Please note that as we’re writing this manual, we cannot guarantee the use with ANY kind of high-power LEDs appearing in the market in the future. Warning : High-power LEDs (such as the Luxeon brand LED, which is...
  • Page 6 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Petit Crouton PRIZM V4 Features & Maximum Ratings Dimensions: 40x23.5x6.5 mm (with the microSD card). Power supply : 5.5 MAX / 2.5A (with a single die High-power LED). SINGLE li- ion cell (18650 or 14500) battery recommended.

  • Page 7: Placement & Installation

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Placement & Installation Ideally, the module is placed in the hilt so that : the motion sensor is at 1” or more from the spinning center of the hilt the SD card remains easily accessible.

  • Page 8: T Ools And P Arts Required To Install / Operate The Module

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Tools and Parts required to install/operate the module an ESD safe soldering station & soldering wire (60/40, 1mm OD or eq.) pliers (flat and cutting) a Digital Multimeter / DMM (strongly advised, so useful) a latching or momentary switch for the blade ignition, and a momentary switch for the auxiliary switch.
  • Page 9 Petit Crouton PRIZM can have up to 6 sound banks. This allows storing different “style” in the same saber. Each sound bank is stored on the SD card in the sub- directories (or folders) bank1 to bank6.

  • Page 10: B Oard O Verview

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Board Overview High-Power LED Ignition Switch Aux. Switch Drive section Power Supply Pads Accent LED µSD Pads Speaker Pads Motion Sensor User’s Notes Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Disney or Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective...

  • Page 11: G Etting S Tarted With P Etit C Routon

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Getting Started with Petit Crouton The board has been designed so that the user can enjoy an “out of the box” experience. The default package of the SD card contains 6 sound banks with ready made configuration files and accent led sequence files.
  • Page 12 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Below, an example of a decorative kill key (July 2010) The Kill Key must be made out of a non-conductive material (PVC, Nylon etc). Here’s the usual wiring of the recharge port. Please note that not all recharge ports have the exact same pinout.

  • Page 13: General Wiring

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual while the negative of the board is still unconnected from the circuit, preventing damages to the electronics and ensuring only the battery pack is connected to the charger for proper charge. In the previous picture the green-black drawn switched doesn’t need to be wired per say, it only illustrates the recharge socket internal switch.

  • Page 14: Animated Accent Leds

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Animated Accent LEDs There are many ways to “pimp” your saber hilt using additional small LEDs further referred in this document as Accent LEDs. Petit Crouton features a 32 stage sequencer that allows the user to setup a blinking animated sequence for up to 7 LEDs.

  • Page 15: High-Power Led Wiring

    Please see further in this document for the sequencing of the accent LEDs. High-power LED wiring PRIZM is dedicated to color mixing, so we will cover only the wiring of a multi-die LED in this paragraph. 3-die LEDs are obviously proposed for PRIZM, but a 4-die LED is also possible, having 2 dices wired in parallel on a particular channel.

  • Page 16: High Power Led Resistor Calculations

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual In most cases a resistor is required on each die, especially with the rise of modern LEDs with low forward voltage. In certain special cases, only a drive adjustment is requested to limit the current in the LED.

  • Page 17: R Esistor Bargain

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual P = (3.7 - 2.9) * 1.5 = 1.2 W Ideally a 1.5 to 2 W resistor is recommended in this case. Resistor bargain As seen in the example above, a 0.56 ohm resistor might not be easy to find. Also, the user should not focus on the absolute precision of the resistor value if he is still within the LED specifications and ratings.

  • Page 18: M Ain C Onfiguration F Ile

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Main Configuration File The config.txt configuration (stored in each bank) file is a simple text file to be edited with windows notepad. It is composed of 23 parameters that must all be present in the file (or then in the override file, see furhter).

  • Page 19: P Arameters And Fine Tuning The Saber

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Parameters and fine tuning the saber The configuration file includes a set of parameters dedicated to the sound section of the controller and the gestural / motion detection (both being linked). A second set of parameters handles the behavior of the high-power LED.
  • Page 20 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Rule of the thumb for a proper configuration process: modify only a single parameter at once and work separately on clash and swing parameters. Fine tuning the module might take some time, but a good configuration will lead you to a very satisfying interaction with the saber.

  • Page 21: Saber / User Interaction Parameters

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual shmrp [5-25]: periodicity of the light bursts during the clash effect. A slow period will produce tight bursts. shmrr [0-25]: random value applied to the periodicity of the light burst during a clash effect. Allows having bursts that are not regularly spaced in time which increases the realism.
  • Page 22 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual efficient for just ensuring the saber won't be turned off accidentally. Set to zero if you use an anti power off protection with parameter offp. qon [0-3000]: “quick-on”. Allows having the blade ignited in a specific amount of time rather than matching the duration of the power on sound and should not exceed the duration of any power on sounds.
  • Page 23 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual tridentfx [0-1] : Defines the mode of the Trident effect. Mode 0 is a simple delay, the normal (non Trident) channel starts ramping up followed by the delayed channel(s) which start(s) after the duration specified by the tridenton parameter.

  • Page 24: T He "O Verride " Configuration F Ile

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual The "Override" configuration File The override.txt file present in the root directory of the SD card contains parameters that will override any settings present in the configuration files of each bank. It also contains settings that should really be global for the saber and not specific to each bank such as the motion detection settings and switch type.

  • Page 25: C Olor Profiles

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Color profiles Profiles definition PRIMZ can embed up to 10 color profiles defining both a blade color and a Flash On Clash (FoC) color. Those profiles are stored in the override.txt file with the keyword color and fcolor.

  • Page 26: Drive Adjustments

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Drive adjustments On direct drive boards, no current control is provided to the LED. The maximum current to a die is limited by an external resistor. From there, the board acts as a color mixer between zero and that maximum current to realize the desired blade (or FoC) color.

  • Page 27: R Esonant Chamber

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Resonant chamber A little 28mm diameter speaker cannot compete with some Hi-Fi stereo system, neither in term of quality, nor loudness. However, in order to maximize the volume of the saber sound, a resonant chamber can be created in the hilt (same idea than the bass reflex in a closed speaker).
  • Page 28 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Installing a Sound Font on the SD card The one-stop shop for sound fonts is www.saberfont.com. There is a growing number of sound fonts available at that website including all the legacy fonts from the Novastar Sound CDs (NSCD), providing so many sound “universe”...

  • Page 29: Advanced Wiring & Usage

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Advanced Wiring & Usage Wiring a general Power-On Indicator / Accent LED It’s is sometimes useful (or good looking) to have a LED lighting up as soon as the kill key is removed. Of course, 1 of the 7 accent LEDs could still blink as idle mode indicator, but a permanently on LED could be nice to simply indicate the battery pack is working properly.
  • Page 30 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual The on-board driver PWM signal doesn’t have a pad per say but can be easily grab right next to each direct drive channel. Example below provided with color channels #1, 2, 3 wired as R, G, B. The common cathode (-) of the accent LED can return to...

  • Page 31: F Lash On C Lash ™ M Ixing T Echniques

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Flash on Clash™ Mixing Techniques During the development of CFv6 and our Flexiblend color mixing engine, the Flash on Clash effect was modified to fit specific color mixing requirements, so that the Flash on Clash color (defined by fled1, 2 and 3). However, customers liked a lot the FoC effect developed for CFV5 and further referred as “on-top”...
  • Page 32 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual the shimmer parameters affect the blade behavior during the Flash on Clash effect. That special “all mixed” mode will swap back and forth between the main blade and FoC blade colors ensuring that the FoC color doesn’t wipe out...

  • Page 33: Accent Leds Sequencer

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Accent LEDs sequencer Four LEDs can produce 16 different patterns; for the sake of editing the sequence we limited the sequencer to 32 stages. The working principle of the sequencer is to put the LEDs in a given pattern/state during a certain time (delay).
  • Page 34 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual The figure below represents the 5 first lines of the sequence of the example text file (note the “loop” instruction using the max value of the delay on line #5) The delay between each state can be different for each “state” line, it’s not necessary to have a pattern evolution with a constant timing.

  • Page 35: D Eep S Leep Flashing Led

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual will remain the ones specified in the sequence. Like all the timing parameters used in Petit Crouton, the delay is expressed in multiples of 2ms The delay can go up to 60,000 which corresponds roughly to 2 minutes. It’s of course...

  • Page 36: Force Push" Effect

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Force push” effect One of the great improvements since version 2 is the “Force Push” sound effect. In our favorite movies, the characters have the ability to push an opponent using telekinesis. This effect is by definition silent, however, in the video games for instance, an audio effect is added to provide the appropriate feedback to the player or to the audience.

  • Page 37: User' Note

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Mute On The Go™ Proposed and requested by Novastar for the specific situation of teaching saber classes and interacting with students. We all enjoy our saber to be loud when playing with it, however, it’s hard to show saber moves and interact with the students with the saber sound in the background.

  • Page 38: Trident™ - Cross-Guard Support

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Trident™ - Cross-guard support Based on Episode 7 of the saga, the board supports cross-guard sabers, providing the proper delayed ignition of the quillons blades with a large amount of configurability. Based on our Flash on Clash engine, Trident defines which color channels will be delayed using the tridentm(ix) parameter.
  • Page 39 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual qon). After this main ignition, the secondary (delayed) channels will ramp up and will be fully ignited at the end of the power on sound. The following chronograms summarize the 2 different modes: MODE 0 - Simple Delay...
  • Page 40 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Trident™ Wiring (Single Color + FoC) The following diagram shows how to wire a single color LED plus a Flash on Clash using Trident. Basically, the main blade dice are wired normally to the onboard driver of the board, while the Flash on Clash die is controlled by channel 3 for instance and its onboard Power extender.

  • Page 41: T Rident ™ Rgb W Iring (U Sing The T Rident Rgb Add - On Board )

    For this particular case, the main blade uses channels 1, 2 and 3 (with or without a Color Extender) which drive the LED dice normally. On PC and Prizm, since there's only 3 color channels, we dedicate an accent LED to the control of the TridentRGB board.

  • Page 42: Using R.i.c.e.(Real-Time Internal Configuration Editor)

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Using R.I.C.E.(Real-time Internal Configuration Editor) R.I.C.E. is a computer program allowing the user to remotely control, change and save the configuration of the current sound bank without disassembling the saber, using a data cable like the one sold at TCSS. R.I.C.E. is now available on PC (windows XP, Vista and Seven) and on MacOS.
  • Page 43 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual To configure the board in real time with R.I.C.E. , just unzip the software archive in a directory of the hard drive and double click on the program icon. You'll get straight in the R.I.C.E. main window.

  • Page 44: R Eading The Current Settings

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual If you plugged your cable after launching the RICE program and your port doesn’t appear in the drop-down PORT menu, click the autoscan button first, it will update the list of available ports. Note : if by mistake you unplug your cable while the R.I.C.E. program is open, click "autoconnect"...

  • Page 45: U Sing R.i.c.e. As A Debug Tool

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Using R.I.C.E. as a debug tool Your saber has issues, you don't know where it's stuck or why. Manually edit the configuration file of the (expected) sound bank that is accessed when you boot the saber add debug=1 on the first line of the file.

  • Page 46: Rough Color Setup

    Rough color setup With Prizm, the blade (and FoC) color are defined in profiles. We therefore set a single color setting tab with the selection of the color profile being edited. While it is possible to change on the fly the amount of profiles used on the saber, the...

  • Page 47: User' Note

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual User’s Notes Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Disney or Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective...

  • Page 48: T Roubleshooting & Faq

    The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Troubleshooting & FAQ Q : I’ve updated the sounds on the SD card and now the module does not work anymore. It generates some beeps when it starts. A : you must format the SD card (in FAT16 / FAT32) before updating the sounds, while it’s not necessary to do so for the configuration files that can be edited in place...
  • Page 49 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Plecter Labs would like to thank his affiliates for their useful input on the Petit Crouton Board specs, new features ideas, constructive criticism as well as proof reading of that user’s manual. I also would like to deeply thank our users, customers and the illuminated saber hobby community for the trust and support input in my work along the years, pushing the design of our favorite props toward perpetual improvement.
  • Page 50 The PRIZM Sound Board User's Manual Non exhaustive list of trademarks owned by Plecter Labs Blaster Move ™ Wake on Move™ Power on Move™ Power on Force™ FoC™ / Flash On Clash™ Vocal Menu™ Mute on the go™ Anti Power On/Off Protection - APOP™...

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