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Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« on: December 12, 2013, 10:21:51 AM »
"Dear Saber Santa,
For Christmas, I would like a middle range board that has color mixing...."


so there you are ! ^-^

Please Welcome the PETIT CROUTON v3.0 



Time to upgrade that popular board, not that it has been specially difficult, or on the back-toaster burner or anything, 2013 has just been fairly busy.
In a nutshell, it's slightly simplified CFv6.5.

FEATURES

- [new] Same motion detection as CFv6.5 (and NB, and CS2), with increased dynamic (better fine tuning of motion parameters) and less noise
- [new] High-end 3D motion sensor
- [new] THREE (3) color channels and color mixing (CEx compliant) powered by FlexiBlendâ„¢ using the color satellite board or stand alone using a single cell.
- [new] THREE (3) sound fonts selectable via Font Xchangeâ„¢
- [new] FOUR (4) accent LEDs (still 32 stages sequence with stop and loop instructions using either 0 or 65535 for the delay)
- [new] On-board Power Extenders (PEx)
- [new] Special Flash on Clashâ„¢ mixing engine that allows various LEDs and color schemes to be implemented. That includes the Legacy FoC the way we defined it in the CFv5.
- [new] Improved file fetching, up to 16 GB µSD card, drag and drop compliant (tested on PC at least)
- [new] Override file access thru R.I.C.E. and re-organization of common parameters for simplified configuration editing and authoring
- [new] Default package with Light Meat, Dark Meat and... GreyMeat, by Sekrogue !
- [new] CFv6.5 Dimensions 51.4x23.5x7.5 mm
- [new] Just as easy to HACK as the PC2.0 or the CFv6
- Force effect sound
- 4 blaster sounds
- "RandomX" selection methods for swings, clash, blasters (ie, in most cases, never twice the same sound triggered in one sequence)
- Drop-in Compatibility with CF sound fonts (no remix / volume adjustment necessary)
- Font limited to 8 swings, 8 clashes and 4 blasters. Also Force and lockup. Backward compatible with recent fonts, extra sounds are just ignored
- [new] Up to 4 boot sounds
- [new] *actual* 16 bit DAC for *actual* 16 bit sound output
- [new] Regulated Audio engine, CFV6 loudness and audio quality
- 2A current
- Larger & Labeled R.I.C.E. pads (still under the board)
- And still smooth ignition / retraction effect and flicker. No Pulse effect though.

Other features

- Hum resume (resume) : defines if you come back to where the hum has been interrupted or not. Interesting for certain hums. Not sample accurate but resumes the hum in a ballpark of 10ms from where it's been interrupted by a fx sound
- Anti power off delay (offd) : adds a delay to the power off when cycling the activation switch and is adjustable. A useful alternative to A-POP, a couple of customers requested it, here it is.
- Led parameter expressed mA as we deal with real current measurements and current regulators.  To get 2A you would enter 2000, for 1.5A 1500 etc.
- Wiring is very similar to current CF, down to the accent LEDs location and FoC pads.
- Updated version of the R.I.C.E. app

Here is a list of the files used by the PC 3.0

boot.wav + boot2-4.wav
clash1-8.wav
swing1-8.wav
hum.wav
blaster1-4.wav
poweron.wav
poweroff.wav
force.wav
lockup.wav

You can drop a CF font directly onto the µSD card in its /bankX folder as the PC only uses what it needs and will just ignore the unused files of a CF font.  No need to delete them.



The Petit Crouton 3.0 will be for sale at The Custom Saber Shop in a very short while. On my side, for EU customers (and sometimes further), you will have to wait until the 1st of January as I'm doing my Year Closing, which includes a lot of accountancy  :-\ so I'll slightly postpone the sale of those, though the batch is ready to go.



User's Manual

Manuals & Support Section at Plecter Labs

R.I.C.E. App v3
It's been tested quite a lot already and includes a Help File. The MacOS version will follow shortly.

Download Section at Plecter Labs



Some video demos will follow very soon in this thread ! ENJOY !!!!  :))
« Last Edit: December 12, 2013, 10:42:03 AM by LUMINARA UNDULI »

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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2013, 10:25:41 AM »
::Happy Dance::  Another hit out of the park!  Thank you Saber Santa :)).



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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2013, 10:28:56 AM »
Oooh!  :D  Looks like it will be a very Merry Christmas in the saber world!

I am very pleased with this development indeed!


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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2013, 10:29:19 AM »
a simple and loud: "YES!" from my side!  8) awesome upgrades on the 3.0!  :)

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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2013, 10:29:42 AM »
Omg.... Omg.... Omg....



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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2013, 10:31:06 AM »
Oooh!  :D  Looks like it will be a very Merry Christmas in the saber world!

someone has to come with a

"oh, an-oh-oh-oh-ther great board"

:-)

happy to bring more to your hobby, guys !

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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2013, 10:34:23 AM »
Too bad its still to big for smaller hilt builds  :'( Passing on that one and waiting for the Update for the Nano ;-) Even if i will die from age....
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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2013, 10:35:36 AM »
My sabers are ready. This is great!

Am I alive or dead?
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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2013, 10:38:25 AM »
man oh man, this is one juiced up board.  :)

i am too scared to ask how the CF 7 is going to be like?  hahahahahaha.

real lasers coming out of the hilt? hahahahaha

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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2013, 10:39:05 AM »
Will color extenders also be available at the custom saber shop? =D

If so I can die a happy man.....or continue to make sabers with color changing =D

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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2013, 10:43:13 AM »
AWESOME!

I have several builds justing waiting for this. :)

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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #11 on: December 12, 2013, 10:49:28 AM »
Will color extenders also be available at the custom saber shop? =D

to be soon decided, will depend on demand, supply, logistics but nothing purely against it.

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If so I can die a happy man.....or continue to make sabers with color changing =D

you'd rather "dice", if you keep planning to play with colors  ;)

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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2013, 10:49:49 AM »
I bought my first CF board a few months ago and still did not have the chance to use it...  and now this, THIS! Woah!  I need new sabers.. more money....  Why does it have to be so awesome?







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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #13 on: December 12, 2013, 10:54:49 AM »
Wow!  Just ... wow!  This is the mid-range board of my dreams ... cannot wait to put one (or several) into action!  Thanks Erv!

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Re: Please welcome The Petit Crouton 3.0
« Reply #14 on: December 12, 2013, 10:55:04 AM »
AWESOME i been waiting for this one,
erv thanks so much for these awesome saber sound boards my sabers would simply not be anywhere near as good without them

you been busy!!


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