Plecter Labs Crystal Focus Saber Core LS V6.50 User Manual

Plecter Labs Crystal Focus Saber Core LS V6.50 User Manual

Illuminated saber controller pro for led strips (cf-ls)

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Crystal Focus Saber Core™ LS V6.50
Important release information
Since version 5.x we use WAV sound files, RAW isn't supported anymore
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Board is compatible with FAT and FAT32 (beta)
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MacOS is supported (beta)
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This current CF-LS is inherited from the CF v5.10 and v6.10
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Simplified gesture recognition settings
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3D motion sensor for a more detailed & accurate motion sensing
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Embedded PLI and 7 LED bargraph sequencer
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Audio output up to 1W/8 ohm or 2W/4 ohm
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LED strip current support up to 2A per segment (x6 segments)
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Real Time Configuration Editor R.I.C.E
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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 Crystal Focus 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 CF 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 Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of
their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
Illuminated Saber Controller Pro
for LED STRIPS (CF-LS)
User's manual
© Plecter Labs / Erv' Plecter 2005-2013
© Erv' - Plecter Labs – v 6.50 – April 2013
http://www.plecterlabs.com
erv@plecterlabs.com
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  • Page 1 © Plecter Labs / Erv’ Plecter 2005-2013 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    WINGS LASTER RANDOM ELECTION ODES Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 3 AS A DEBUG TOOL & FAQ ROUBLESHOOTING Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 4: Introduction

    (+) blade. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 5: Sound Section

    PC, without the need of any custom piece of software. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 6: Crystal Focus Ls V6.50 Features & Maximum Ratings

    SD card support : up to 2GB, FAT16 or FAT32. Sandisk and Kingston brands preferred. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 7: Placement & Installation

    Rechargeable battery pack Pommel Hand Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 8: Tools And Parts Required To Install/Operate The Module

    The CF-LS also has full support of our Real Time Configuration Editor (R.I.C.E.) just like the regular CF. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 9: Sd Card Contents, Sound Banks And Slots

    WAV sound file with 100 ms of silence. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 10: Board Overview

    Speaker Pads Motion Sensor User’s Notes Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 11: Getting Started With Crystal Focus

    Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 12 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 13 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 14: General Wiring

    User’s Notes Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 15: Animated Accent Leds

    3.3V. The Vled is the forward voltage of the LED, usually referred as Vf in the Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 16 Please see further in this document for the sequencing of the accent LEDs. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 17: Main Configuration File

    ‘=’ sign and the value of a parameter. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 18: Parameters And Fine Tuning The Saber

    (keep it under 255). Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 19 With value 1, the sound is played in sequence (slot 1, then 2 etc.). If the user Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 20 Power Xtender™ circuit and the Flash on Clash™ Pad. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 21 This Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 22 Swings are always disabled Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 23 LED brightness will be affected during the effect. A low Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 24 & tricks about the use of the Power Level Indicator. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 25: Led Strip Wiring

    R = (7.4 – 3.6) / 0.22 = 17.2 ohm Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 26: Blades

    (see the “drive adjustment” section). Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 27: Seriallelâ„¢ Wiring

    LEDs by 2. Wire two half segment with the Makoto technique. Then assemble the 2 segment in series. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 28: Seriallel Class Iii

    2V, which allowed to light up the segment at full brightness with about 6v. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 29: Led Strip Assembly

    Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 30 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 31 7.4V (Sunglasses, people...) Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 32: Led Binning

    Here is how it looks like when wired (picture courtesy of SlothFurnace) Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 33 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 34: Led Strip Drive Adjustments

    III piece of blade mentioned earlier, with 15 LEDs split in 3 chunks. Each LED is Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 35 LED segment. That adjustment can be done in real-time using our R.I.C.E. configuration program. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 36: Resonant Chamber

    Sound Bank Selection menu. To Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 37: Creating Your Own Sounds

    SD card (Ctrl+a, Ctrl+c, Ctrl+v on the SD drive) Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 38: Audio Player - Isaber

    (pressing again then start the song from the beginning) or pauses / resumes the playback Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 39: Clashes, Swings & Blaster (Random) Selection Modes

    Above this time, Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 40 (swing / clash 5 to 8). Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 41 Let’s take for instance a red power-on LED (1.6V) at 15 mA. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 42 1kΩ Ω Ω Ω . This makes possible to adjust the speed with accuracy. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 43 The CF board provides a regulated 3.3V pad for that purpose, shown in purple in the illustration below. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 44 Power Extender, as illustrated on the next picture. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 45 FoC strength) that can be used to dim the FoC strip. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 46 Here is an example of an actual leds.txt file. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 47 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 48 Why sacrificing some nice accent LED sequence to have the PLI permanently lit? Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 49 (5.5V for instance). Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 50 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 51 / retraction that better works to the eye. A good starting point is 200 to 400. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 52 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 53 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 54 Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 55 (packing up, moving to another place…) will not wake it up, hence preserving runtime. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 56 User’s Notes Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 57 RICE software to talk Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 58 COM2 but I use only one at once. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 59 Window of the R.I.C.E. program. Before powering the saber (ie removing the kill key) Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 60 Max window. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 61 You can also either decrease the general sensitivity parameter i, or increase ls just a bit. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 62 “Custom Electronics for Props that WORK!” Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.
  • Page 63 Plecter Labs or for a product not containing a Plecter Labs electronic device. Plecter Labs is in no way affiliated, associated, licensed or endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Industrial Light and Magic or any of their associates.All brands and trademarks listed are the exclusive property of their respective owners.

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