ProffieOS 8.10 beta (call for testers!)

A_Rogue_Child · February 21, 2026, 11:11am

Got it. Looks line I get to give Arduino 2.3.7 a try this afternoon on the main device after pulling a backup of what I’m running now.

ShtokyD · February 21, 2026, 2:21pm

OS8 has been in beta state for a year already, when it will be out?

profezzorn · February 22, 2026, 1:04am

How about now?

ProffieOS 8 is now live ProffieOS

After more than a year of beta testing, ProffieOS 8 is now live. If all you want is to download it, you can find it on my site, or on github: My site: https://fredrik.hubbe.net/lightsaber/proffieos.html Github: https://github.com/profezzorn/ProffieOS/releases Changes since ProffieOS 7 Note that most features have a book icon next to it which links to the documetaion. Menu System This isn’t so much a menu, as it is a system for implementing menus. It also separates the menu setup from the prop file, so we can have multiple different menu configurations, and then prop A and menu B independently. Currently supported by the “saber”, “BC” and “Fett263” props. For most users, all they will need to know is how to use the MENU_SPEC_TEMPLATE define. Sound Library V2 Adds a bunch more sounds to the spoken sound library to support the new menus. Also adds support for a configurable color list. Color Display support Support 16-bit color displays. What is shown is composited from layers, and each layer can show independent color animations. Animations use a new file format called PQF which offers some compression (usually around 50%) while being very fast to decompress. PQF also offers loops, labels and conditions which lets you build complex animations which react to events from the saber. SD card corruption protection If enabled, SD cards will not be automatically mountable on your computer. Instead, you have to use a menu option on the saber, or a serial monitor command to be able to mount the SD card from the computer. Once done, you can turn off the setting again, thus preventing most forms of SD card corruption. Dual-Blade support ProffieOS can now keep track of which blades are on and off individually, which makes it easier for props to support Maul-style ignition. Other minor new features FastButton LeftRightRotaryReceiver Oled directory prefix support Blaster oled controller Servo Support SubBladeWithList New defines BLADE_ID_SCAN_TIMEOUT BLADE_ID_STOP_SCAN_WHILE_IGNITED COLOR_MENU_GAMMA CLASH_THRESHOLD_GAMMA VOLUME_MENU_GAMMA DISABLE_AUDIO DISABLE_WS2811 DISABLE_MOTION DISABLE_SD DISABLE_NO_REPEAT_RANDOM ENABLE_SPIDISPLAY FONT_PATTERN MENU_SPEC_MENU …

ShtokyD · February 22, 2026, 1:11am

Woohoo! It’s here!

Domenic_Yang · May 30, 2026, 7:14pm

From a CSS/web color perspective, aqua and cyan are aliases for the same value: #00ffff, which is Rgb<0,255,255>.

So if ProffieOS is using standard web color names, the current definition is technically consistent.

However, if the goal is “what looks like aqua on a blade,” then I can see the argument for a more greenish value such as Rgb<0,255,180>. That may be more intuitive visually, even if it no longer matches the standard named color.

For anyone comparing the values, this converter is useful for checking HEX/RGB/HSL/CMYK side by side: Color Converter