Nova Sound 3.0 - Dark Sound Mode

The LSD-X4 is still months away from a debut. For now, we are spending most of our resources into a top-secret entry level model, code name: Neutrino, hopefully to get more people involved with our research. There's lots and lots of ideas being talked about...

The Nova Sound 3.0 is now available.

FIND IT ON EBAY (direct link)

Introduction:

The Nova Sound 3.0 is a premium high-end lightsaber motion sensing, sound and light controller module. It has a built in user interface featuring a high quality female voice menu, allowing the operator to control LED brightness, LED flicker rate, volume control, and sensitivity to motion and impact. The settings are stored permanently, without the need for battery backup and can be reset at any time by reentering the menu.

The device rapidly responds to changes in motion (velocity and acceleration) as the duelist moves the saber, to detect saber impacts (as when two sabers collide) or motion pitch changes (as the saber moves through the air). The inertial information is provided by a high performance MEMS accelerometer sensor, which measures changes in three spatial axes.

Power to the LED is controlled by the main system, based on user settings. LED current regulation is provided by a proportional integral derivative feed-back loop, which eliminates the need for a separate LED constant current regulator. The Nova Sound 3.0 LED output can be controlled for popular LED types: Luxeon 3, Luxeon 3 Red, Luxeon V, Luxeon K, and a Luxeon Overdrive for maximum current supply. The LED flicker rate can be enabled (5 modes) or solid.

Technical:

1" by 2" PCB
64MHz processor
Triple Axis accelerometer
~700mA to 2amp output LED
7.2 volt input nominal (3.6 to 9.6)
low power sleep mode (when device is off)

How to enter Main Menu:

While the device is off and batteries are connected, press and hold the button for 3 seconds. The device will talk to you to walk you through the process.

>Select LED type (adjusts current to the LED)
>Select Blade frequency (pulse rate)
>Select Sound Volume
>Select Motion sensitivity
>Select Impact sensitivity
>Save settings

Once the menu is completed, the Nova Sound 3.0 powers up and is ready to go.

To shut down device: Press and hold button for 3 seconds, the blade will fade down and the saber retraction sound effect will play. The device will then enter a low power sleep mode, with no need to remove batteries in between use. *For prolonged storage (months) batteries can be removed, with no loss of saved settings.

To power on device: Tap button and saber immediately starts with fast power ramp-up of saber light with sound effect.

To fire blaster: While device is on and running, tap button (do not hold) to fire a blaster shot.

Here is an awesome video of an amazing new saber featuring the Nova Sound 3.0



The Nova Sound 3.0 is a refined version of the former Nova Sound 2.5 with new sounds, a completely reprogrammed motion controller, and multiple upgrades and fixes.