SaberTec Golden Harvest v3 User manual

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Website: https://sabertec.net
SaberTec
Owner: Frederic Folz
Brentanoweg 3
66802 Überherrn
GERMANY

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Thank you
Thank you for sharing your passion with us! It’s only your support that enables us to further develop
our technology and continue optimizing it. Without you, we couldn’t realize our visions! Back in 2016,
we founded SaberTec with the goal to develop a soundboard that can provide the most impressive
and realistic saber experience imaginable –four years of hard work later the Golden Harvest v3 was
born. Our company’s fundamental philosophy is to closely include you, the community, into everything
we do –may it be the development of our saber heart, the decision of its name or the further
improvement of it. In this sense, we want to invite you to participate in this great project. If you have
any ideas or wishes, we would be honored if you would shared them with us! Just write a mail to
[email protected]. We are excited to hear from you!

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Safety notice
As our Golden Harvest board uses electronic parts, it is sensitive to electrostatic discharge. Please
handle it with care and make sure to install it correctly. Furthermore, we recommend to use only
protected Li-Ion batteries. Also make sure to check the sections "Soldering advice" and "Handling
advice". We cannot be held responsible for any damage that arises from a faulty install or use of the
board. Furthermore, be cautious when using the Golden Harvest v3 if you have photosensitive epilepsy
or if you are photosensitive in general because the light effects can contain a series of flashing lights.
Legal information
We are not affiliated with The Walt Disney Company™ or Lucasfilm Ltd.™. All brands and trademarks
mentioned are the exclusive property of their respective owners. Furthermore, we are not affiliated with
Adafruit™. The trademark Neopixel™ is their exclusive property.

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Content
Features of the Golden Harvest v3.......................................................................................................... 7
Technical Specifications....................................................................................................................... 7
Installation and Use............................................................................................................................. 7
Audio Engine........................................................................................................................................ 7
Motion Detection................................................................................................................................ 9
Light Effects......................................................................................................................................... 9
Firmware Updates............................................................................................................................. 11
USB Charging and File Transfer ......................................................................................................... 11
Evolution of the Board .......................................................................................................................... 12
How to Recognize the Different Hardware Iterations....................................................................... 12
Wiring of the Board............................................................................................................................... 13
Power Rating and Polarity of LED channels....................................................................................... 15
Soldering Advice................................................................................................................................ 15
Handling Advice................................................................................................................................. 16
Battery Recommendation ..................................................................................................................... 20
In-Hilt Setup....................................................................................................................................... 20
Neopixel Setup .................................................................................................................................. 20
Setting Up Your Board........................................................................................................................... 20
Choosing Your Hardware Setup ........................................................................................................ 20
Choosing Your Light Effects............................................................................................................... 21
Folder Structure on microSD Card......................................................................................................... 21
Hibernation Mode................................................................................................................................. 22
Motion Detection Engine ...................................................................................................................... 22
Smooth Swing.................................................................................................................................... 22
Legacy Motion Detection .................................................................................................................. 22
General Settings .................................................................................................................................... 22
Blade Styles ........................................................................................................................................... 29
In-Hilt................................................................................................................................................. 31
Neopixel............................................................................................................................................. 44
Classic ............................................................................................................................................ 52
Color Flow...................................................................................................................................... 52
Frozen Pulse .................................................................................................................................. 54
Wave.............................................................................................................................................. 56
Flame Blade................................................................................................................................... 60

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Gradient......................................................................................................................................... 61
Focus Deflection............................................................................................................................ 62
Thunder Storm .............................................................................................................................. 65
Kylo Blade...................................................................................................................................... 69
Unstable Blade .............................................................................................................................. 70
Magnetic Flare............................................................................................................................... 72
Shockwave..................................................................................................................................... 73
Responsive Lockup ........................................................................................................................ 77
Responsive Drag............................................................................................................................ 77
Responsive swing effects for Neopixel.......................................................................................... 78
Preon and postoff light effects for Neopixel................................................................................. 79
Color menu........................................................................................................................................ 80
Effect menu ....................................................................................................................................... 80
Two momentary buttons............................................................................................................... 81
One momentary button ................................................................................................................ 81
Accent Profiles....................................................................................................................................... 82
Blade matching RGB switch LED for Neopixel................................................................................... 90
Accent menu...................................................................................................................................... 90
Battery Indicator.................................................................................................................................... 90
Charging indicator ................................................................................................................................. 90
Volume Control ..................................................................................................................................... 91
Saber editor........................................................................................................................................... 91
Color profile edit mode ..................................................................................................................... 92
Pixel number edit mode.................................................................................................................... 93
Ignition speed edit mode .................................................................................................................. 93
Retraction speed edit mode.............................................................................................................. 94
Battle configuration edit mode......................................................................................................... 94
Gesture controls edit mode .............................................................................................................. 94
Effect font slot edit mode.................................................................................................................. 95
Blaster block for one momentary button setups.................................................................................. 95
Blaster block for two momentary buttons setups ................................................................................ 96
Force push for one momentary button setups..................................................................................... 96
Force push for two momentary buttons setups ................................................................................... 96
Lockup for one momentary button setups ........................................................................................... 97
Lockup for two momentary buttons setups.......................................................................................... 97

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Sound Fonts........................................................................................................................................... 98
Sound Font Settings File.................................................................................................................... 99
Default Sound Font Package ........................................................................................................... 102
Sound File Requirements ................................................................................................................ 103
Background Music........................................................................................................................... 104
Common Folder............................................................................................................................... 104
Sound menu .................................................................................................................................... 104
Two momentary buttons............................................................................................................. 104
One momentary button .............................................................................................................. 105
Pairing of sound fonts with blade profiles, color profiles, on top effects and accent profiles ....... 106
Preon sounds................................................................................................................................... 106
Postoff sounds................................................................................................................................. 107
Firmware Updates............................................................................................................................... 107
Installing Directly on the microSD Card........................................................................................... 108
Installing Using the Seedling Module.............................................................................................. 108
USB Charging and File Transfer Using the Seedling Module............................................................... 108
Menu Navigation................................................................................................................................. 109
Navigation Using Two Momentary Buttons.................................................................................... 109
Navigation Using Only One Momentary Button ............................................................................. 111
Frequently Asked Questions ............................................................................................................... 114

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Features of the Golden Harvest v3
Technical Specifications
➢tiny dimensions of 28.5 mm x 18.5 mm x 3.7 mm / 1.12 ” x 0.73 ” x 0.15 ”
➢powered by 3.7 V (single 18650 Li-ion cell for example)
➢provides 9 LED channels that can be customized independently from each other:
o4 LED channels can deliver up to 9 A each:
▪can drive SingleCrees, DualCrees, TriCrees and QuadCrees
▪can drive Neopixel
o5 LED channels can deliver up to 20 mA each:
▪can drive accent, crystal chamber or switch LEDs for example
ocapable of delivering up to 36 A in sum (in practice, both battery and heat dissipation
are the limiting factors here)
ofull customizability even of accent LEDs such as switch LEDs or crystal chamber LEDs
using the whole range of our effect engine
➢optional USB charging and file transfer feature (using our Seedling module, see below)
➢microSD card slot
Installation and Use
➢huge solder pads for easiest installation possible
➢your hardware setup can be easily chosen per drag-and-drop on the microSD card
➢full functionality accessible even if used with only one momentary switch
➢can also be used with two momentary switches
➢customizable deep sleep (hibernation mode)
Audio Engine
➢maximum audio amplifier power output: 4 W
osupported speaker power: 1 W - 6 W
osupported speaker impedance: 4 Ohm, 8 Ohm, 16 Ohm and 32 Ohm
ohigh dynamic range: 115 dB
oreal-time dynamic range compression
ohigh signal-to-noise ratio: 100 dB
o16 bit audio sample resolution
ointegrated speaker protection algorithms:
▪exceeding voice coil excursion protection
▪overtemperature protection
▪overcurrent protection
▪undervoltage protection
▪15 kV ESD protection of speaker output
➢full-blown sound effect engine:
ounlimited smooth swing pair sounds
ounlimited smooth swing accent sounds
ounlimited swing sounds
ounlimited clash sounds
ounlimited stab sounds
ounlimited spin sounds
ounlimited begin lockup sounds

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ounlimited lockup sounds
ounlimited end lockup sounds
ounlimited begin melt sounds
ounlimited melt sounds
ounlimited end melt sounds
ounlimited begin drag sounds
ounlimited drag sounds
ounlimited end drag sounds
ounlimited blaster sounds
ounlimited force sounds
ounlimited boot sounds
ounlimited pre-on sounds
ounlimited power on sounds
ounlimited power off sounds
ounlimited post-off sounds
ounlimited hum sounds
omenu sounds
ounlimited sound fonts that contain all these sound effects
othe following sound fonts are supported without needing to rename any files:
http://www.saberfont.com/Optimized-for-Plecter-CFX-Smooth-Swing-Compatible-
by-Era-_c_92.html
➢background music engine:
ounlimited tracks
oplaylist feature
ocan be controlled on the fly
odefault package comprising 4 music tracks that come with the board:
▪"Fate and Fortune" by Scott Buckley
▪"Inflection" by Scott Buckley
▪"Light in Dark Places" by Scott Buckley
▪"Helios" by Scott Buckley
➢default package comprising 16 sound fonts that come with the board:
o"Balance" by LordBlako Saber Fonts
o"Psy-Borg" by CrystalSoniX
o"Daddy Issues Complete" by Fourzze FX
o"Guardian" by LDN Sabers
o"Cryo Carbon" by Repulse Custom Sounds
o"Peace" by Kyberphonic Fonts
o"Violence" by Kyberphonic Fonts
o"Son of Darkness" by Dark Path Media
o"Eternal Prince" by Repulse Custom Sounds
o"The Phantom" by Project Fonts
o"The Shadow" by Project Fonts
o"Shadows" by Echo Studio
o"Dark Harvest" by Blueforce Company
o"The Classic Villain" by Fourzze FX
o"Energy Pike" by The Proplicator
o"Knighthood" by Fourzze FX

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Motion Detection
➢both Smooth Swing and legacy motion detection supported
➢Smooth Swing enhanced by Accent Swings and Accent Spins
➢highly sophisticated legacy motion engine:
ocustomizable sensitivity
oultra low motion-to-sound latency
odetects swings
odetects clashs
odetects stabs
odetects spins
➢real-time measurement of orientation of the saber:
odisplay of drag light and sound effects according to orientation of the saber
ousage of pre-on sounds can be controlled by orientation of the saber
ousage of post-off sounds can be controlled by orientation of the saber
oresponsive light effects
ointeractive menu navigation using orientation of the saber
Light Effects
➢both in-hilt LEDs and Neopixel (ws2812b) are supported
➢game-changing blade styles:
ointroduced as an analogue to sound fonts
ocontain all customizable light effect parameters
ocan define certain effect styles just as sound fonts define certain sound styles
ocan be changed on the fly
ounlimited number of blade styles supported, i.e. you can have as many saber effect
styles as you want, not only different colors
opairable with sound fonts on the fly as the Golden Harvest board remembers with
which blade style a sound font was lastly used
odefault blade styles and manual available on https://sabertec.net/downloads
➢in-hilt LED effects:
ooverwhelming light effect engine
ofull customizability of the effects
oeach LED channel can have completely independent light effects
ocustomizability of crystal chamber effects for example
opulse effects:
▪conventional pulse
▪speed transition pulse, a.k.a. “HyperPulse”
▪intensity transition pulse, a.k.a. “ÜberPulse”
▪color transition effects
▪6 different pulse shapes: sine, impulse, inverted impulse, rising sawtooth,
falling sawtooth, rectangular
oflicker effects:
▪conventional flicker
▪intensity transition, a.k.a. “PhaseFlicker”
▪3 different flicker types: subtractive, additive and mixed
▪flicker synchronization
oconfigurable fade out

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oconfigurable effect duration
oindependent basic effects
oindependent clash effects
oindependent stab effects
oindependent swing effects
oindependent spin effects
oindependent lockup effects
oindependent melt effects
oindependent blaster effects
oindependent force effects
oas there are more than 600 parameters, you can literally invent your own light
effects
oassuming there are 1000 possible values for each parameter (which is a hard under-
estimation), you could create 10^1800 (a one with 1800 zeros) possible blade styles
–that’s more than there are atoms in the universe!
oingenious online configuration tool for designing, saving and sharing your light
effects (will be released very soon)
oalso default parameter settings available, so you get already epic light effects even
without having to change any of the parameters:
▪10 presets for dedicated color LED
▪120 presets for RGB LED
▪120 presets for RGBW LED
▪120 presets for RGBA LED
➢Neopixel effects:
ooverwhelming light effect engine
ofull customizability of the effects
ocomes with three effect packages comprising more than 900 presets for Neopixel
effects that can be changed on the fly:
▪basic effect package: includes 30 presets
▪default effect package: includes 140 presets
▪extended effect package: includes 924 presets
oall Neopixel effects consist of background effects and on top effects that can be
arbitrarily combined with each other
o6 different background effect categories:
▪Classic (e. g. Red, Green, Blue, Flicker, Pulse, …)
▪Color Flow (e. g. Rainbow, Dual Transition, Blizzard Transition, …)
▪Frozen Pulse (e. g. Spatial Pulse, Color Pulse, …)
▪Wave (e. g. Railgun, Pulsing Wave, Tiger Tail, Rattlesnake, Candy Stick, …)
▪Flame Blade (e. g. Red Flame, Green Flame, Blue Flame, …)
▪Gradient (e. g. Dual Phase, Pulsing Phase, …)
o7 different on top effect categories:
▪None
▪Focus Deflection
▪Thunder Storm
▪Unstable Blade
▪Kylo Blade
▪Magnetic Flare