Hi there !
well, the sound changing features is included in crystal focus V2, it's not something special. It's in the board that cost $130 or so. As well as the bargraph thing. LEDs are not included, but the "outputs" on the board are there and you have now on the SD card a LED sequencer that allows you to describe how your pattern evolves among time, on 16 stages, then it loops, or it can be random, but you still select the timing, therefore you can produce random + non linear timing patterns, like almost static for 10 sec, then really fast changing lights, then slower, then back to static. Takes like 40 seconds to set that on the SD card.
For each requested feature I got from customer or from personnal ideas, I tried to implement it so that it could fit everyone needs. It would have been silly to just propose random blinking LEDs cause other people would have like scrolling one. Now with CF you can choose. This is the very FIRST aim of the board and the general "philosophy" / direction of my designs. Something made for and toward the end users, not just for my own use or pleasure. The best example is the activation button. I was "against" the momentary button. Not safe enough I said. I got "harrassed" by a customer who wanted a push button for activation. I said ok, let's make a new parameter for that on the SD card. Now you can choose to activate CF with 3 different way. A normally open switch, a normally closed swith, or a normally open momentary button. My last saber has a momentary button btw ;D ;) (do what I say, no what I'm doing, said my mum for a LONG time, ahem.... héhé)
And about the machining / cost etc. Well, I can't sell it for the price of the time I've spent on it... just because I'm xxx slow on machining since it's not my main knowledge and activity. At the end of the month, it will be only one year of pratice. But anyway, with a reasonnable amount of machinned aluminium parts + time for the design and assembly, I'd say 400 euros. With blade, but maybe not with the charger (add like $25, it's li-ion charger). => $535
Of course I can machine such a saber to match an ultra or TCSS blade, it saves you bucks for the shipping and some of you might already have a blade. Well, my new bulk of blade are the same diameter than US ones, so... it does not really make a difference.
but I didn't say I was selling it ;) nor that I'll propose a custom saber service with fully machined aluminium hilts... I'll have to quit my regular job to do that.
Erv'
:D
Man oh man you're not kidding lol!!Did you check out the video which shows him changing sounds in the saber lol!!That saber is insane lol!! :o :o
Topic: New Plecter Labs Saber for Celebration Europe (Read 9081 times)