firmware is almost done. I had a big plan of videos played in the audio player (audio + video) however, I can't control the videos in the way I'd like, so it would bring more troubles than something really usable.
However, the version with the screen will come with a set of boot videos and a screen saver. I've done my best so that, even if it's not configurable in just a click, I will still be able to customize video media for the customers, or (if I find the proper software for that), to send an archive of the SD to upgrade.
Ideally, I'll collect soon enough (thanks to some external graphic help) some boot up sequence of the board looking like "computer/system start", imperial / rebel logo, magic ring video, plecterlabs into etc.
All those media will be store, then accessed in the blaster core configuration file.
Of course, the logo/video/animation can be different in each sound bank / "weapon style".
Note : upgrading / changing those media require some hacks. Not that I'll retain info about that but it's already difficult enough to configure the board with so many options so I'll probably do that myself.
I'm testing different computer systems right now, overall it seems that it's easy on WinXP, but can't be done in a simple way with vista or 7.
the current screen saver I've selected is a little animation ala matrix style, with the letters "waiting" appearing at the bottom, once the matrix has scrolled down.
I'll video that as soon as I'm done with the new bank selection menu (trying to pimp that a bit too)