Spring is coming and with that the first good news for the saber building community!
I'm happy to introduce the newest member of my DIYino family of Arduino Saber boards:
Stardust V3
The Stardust V3 merges the best features from the successful Prime V1 and the very compact Stardust V2 designs. I consider the V3 to be the ultimate Arduino Saber board based on the successful Nano design.
New Features:
[The SD-Card is back!!!]: Yes, now the limitation is lifted, you can again enjoy unlimited possibilities to store sound fonts and music on your saber board. With careful placement and layouting I managed to replace the SPI-Flash with a slim SD-Card holder in a way it does not increase the size of the board!!! So the V3 has the same dimensions as the V2, with no size adder.
[Instant Clash]: the V3 utilizes a new concept to detect and trigger clashes. The sensitivity is the same as for the Prime and V2 boards, but thanks to this new feature, clashes have no latency, they are instantaneously triggered upon impact. Combined with the eGesture engine (see later) it makes the V3 best-in-class in the single most important FX of any saber: clash detection.
[Dual Charging Scheme]: you like charging your saber conveniently over USB (which you take along anyway), the Stardust design is the only saber board available you can do so. But do you still like charging your saber fast via a recharge port? What about having both? The V3 can be charged either over USB or over recharge port, you have the choice.
[Pre-loaded with Saber Code]: you wanted to have an easy start with your Stardust board and a bit anxious about uploading code via Arduino IDE? Although uploading code is easy as I've shown in another topic, you can experiment with the most important features right out of the box. I will ship all V3 with a generic saber code for an easy start.
Legacy features:
[USB system board]: one interface to interact with the board, the integrated micro-USB port is used to
1. upload code
2. charge a single 3.7V Li-Ion battery
[USB charging]: the V3 can be used to charge a single Li-Ion battery cell according to the standard CCCV charging profile, thanks to the integrated USB charger circuit. The board will come with an on-board micro-USB connector as well as an extrenal, small size micro-USB breakout board to be able to place a port to anywhere in your prop design.
[K3 technology]: the v3 does not need a kill key, with its current consumption of 0.3mA in sleep mode it retains shelf life for a long period of time. With a 3000mAh 18650 battery it discharges the battery in (3000/0.3=10000h=416 days, which equals to over a year!!!
[single battery operation]: the V3 is single battery operated.
[breadboard friendly design]: the v3 is fully breadboard friendly
[eGesture Engine]: stays for easy Gesture recognition, it is a feature of the system code introduced in FX-SaberOS. Stardust based lightsabers do not have to be configured to distinguish clash and swing motions. Thanks to the advanced impact detection of the accelero- and gyro-sensor on-board the Stardust can detect clashes. Period. No threshold, no config needed.
[proven technology]: based on the successful
DIYino Prime v1 and Stardust V2 designs for lightsaber props
[Arduino Compatible board]: configured as Arduino Uno to leverage the additional code space of the Uno bootloader
[Extremely small size]: to fit into any lightsaber and blaster prop (W x L x H = 21mm x 51mm x 6mm or 0.82" x 2" x 0.2"), it is only slightly larger than a simple Nano, but with a whole system integrated around the Nano design.
[Broad blade type support]: supports in-hilt High-Power LED (aka. Tri Cree, Luxeon) and
NEOPIXEL blades.
How can you order a DIYino Stardust V3 board?
The V3 is currently in pre-order. I will start the manufacturing once I have 100 orders or latest mid March (whichever is earlier). Boards are expected to be shipped in April. To place an order you can go to my website:
https://www.protowerkstatt.com/diyino-prop-boardsFor the
duration of the pre-order you can benefit from PayPal's Buyers Protection by paying for Goods and Services and you do not have to add extra to cover fees. That's on me!
You can find all informations there regarding:
- Payment
- Shipping
- Pre-order
- Warranty