Chromagnon Status
Published manufacturing updates for Chromagnon. This page lists blog posts tagged chromagnon; it does not add new narrative beyond what Lars has published.
July 22, 2026
Chromagnon Update: Prototype Boards Ordered
Hello video friends: and sorry this July update is late. I aim for the first week of the month; the milestones I wanted to hit landed later than that. Chromagnon's prototype boards are on order.…
June 2, 2026
Chromagnon Update: June 2026
Hello video friends. The RevI core board revision is complete, routing finished, DRC clean, fab outputs generated, and ready to order. This is the milestone I've been working toward since the April…
May 7, 2026
Chromagnon: Schedule Update
The Chromagnon production schedule is shifting by one month. Ship Unit #1 moves from August to September 2026. April was spent on Videomancer instead of placing the RevI hardware orders flagged in…
April 5, 2026
Chromagnon Update: April 2026
Hello video friends. Here's the first monthly Chromagnon update, as promised in the March production plan. Board Design The RevI core board schematic and layout are about 90% complete. We…
March 6, 2026
Chromagnon: FPGA Deeper Dive
Yesterday's Chromagnon update generated a lot of great discussion on Discord about the move to FPGA-based signal processing. I ended up writing quite a bit in the thread answering questions, and…
March 5, 2026
Chromagnon: Building It Right
Hello video friends. It's a Thursday here in Portland, spring is creeping in, we've had some colds going around the team, but everyone's in high spirits. It has been too long since I gave you a…
December 27, 2025
Year End Update
Back in August, we laid out our plans for finishing 2025 and getting into 2026. Here's how it all turned out. Videomancer Videomancer is shipping now. Batches 1 and 2 (160 units total) have…
December 18, 2025
Chromagnon Simulator Downloads
Hi everyone! As promised, I've made my Chromagnon Simulator application available for download. This was a tool created for design reference during development of the hardware, so it is not very…
August 21, 2025
Video Sync Recap & Forecast for 2025
We had a wonderful time at Video Sync 2025 here in Portland, OR earlier this month. Our endless thanks to all of the organizers and volunteers involved in the event! What's up next for…
July 7, 2025
Summer Show & Tell
Hello eyeball friends -- I'm taking a break from an intense development sprint to say thank you for your support and patience over the past month, as we shift activities and processes in response to…
May 31, 2025
Pricing Revisions
A quick update as we wrap up May. Pricing revisions for all modules and modular systems go into effect tomorrow, June 1st. Sheet metal parts for Chromagnon and its companion project are…
May 16, 2025
This Week In Hell
Hello fellow gray hairs. I've aged 55-175 years since my last update. There is a lot to discuss, and not all of it is bad. The new tariffs on imports from China started hitting us full force…
April 22, 2025
Module Docs & Chromagnon Assemblies
It has been a highly productive past month here at LZX HQ, despite many ups and downs. We've made a big progress push on Chromagnon with new PCB designs for subassemblies and their test boards, we've…
March 17, 2025
The Three Ps
Hi video friends, I'm writing to provide you with the news about current and ongoing projects at LZX. The current Chromagnon Core PCB RevI revision remains a work in progress. Following the…
February 19, 2025
Winter Trials
Greetings from Portland, video friends. January (and now most of February) have delivered some frustrating setbacks for both work and personal life. We had our furnace in the home/workshop go out for…
January 1, 2025
Year Fifteen
Happy New Year from us here at LZX! We are grateful for an opportunity to be part of your creative lives and wish you triumphant returns on all of your endeavors in 2025. It is our fifteenth year of…
November 22, 2024
P Series & Double Vision
Hi Vidiots & Vidiettes! We're happy to say we got the shipping notification for the Chromagnon Core PCB prototypes mentioned in the last blog today. The next update will focus on that -- in this one…
November 11, 2024
Chromagnon Core Recap
Hello video fiends -- we hope everyone had a spooky Halloween! Per my last missive at the beginning of October, I was focusing in on revisions to the Chromagnon Core RevH board. The plan was to…
October 2, 2024
Modular Submodules
September flew right past us here at LZX, with steady (if tedious) progress toward Chromagnon production on my end, and multiple longer term production projects wrapping up in the workshop.…
August 31, 2024
Light At The End
I hope everyone has enjoyed their Summers and is looking forward to the Fall. For me, this time of year has always meant getting ready to learn, whether that was in my prior career in e-learning…
August 8, 2024
Code Cave
Over the past several weeks I have been writing Chromagnon’s firmware, and I’m happy to say that I now have a complete version ready for testing. I wanted to reach this milestone before I wrote a new…
June 29, 2024
Summer Crunch
Dear video friends, June has seen a lot of projects landing at the workshop and some significant pushes in firmware development. Over the Spring we have transitioned into outsourcing SMT assembly…
May 28, 2024
Chromagnon Box
Hello on Tuesday. I hope everyone in the States had a nice Memorial Day weekend. Lots to cover in this update, so I will be terse. Black prototypes of the Chromagnon plastic pieces and enclosure…
May 3, 2024
Prehistoric Plastic
Wow! April flew past, here at LZX HQ. Our improvements to operations and inventory have allowed us to process a large number of tasks in the ongoing effort to keep modules and stock while taking…
April 17, 2024
Restocks & Flight Checks
Hello, video pals! We are pushing through April! The current primary focus is on preparing our resource planning system for Chromagnon and smoothly flowing the production of our other projects.…
March 31, 2024
Spring Cleaning
Hello, Chromagnonites and other video freaks. March has flown past here at headquarters. The last 3 weeks have been dedicated to a spring cleaning of the workspace and an inventory data update, in…
March 11, 2024
Marching Forward
Hello everyone, I apologize that we missed last week's update. I was dealing with family visiting from out of state, a dental emergency, and a busy week of high school musical performances (my…
February 26, 2024
Double Visions
A quick update for last week. - Finished writing firmware drivers for Chromagnon's mux controls. A bit of attention to the rotation waveform generators and we'll be ready to dig into testing the more…
February 18, 2024
Arcs & Anvils
Good afternoon, video folk. This past week were happy to celebrate validation of the analog circuitry on the Chromagnon Core RevF board -- and we're close to fully integrating the changes into RevG.…
February 9, 2024
Chromagnon Testing W3
Hello, Chromagnonites. It's been another productive week validating the Chromagnon Core assembly. The video output is looking good (see below), but it required some complex rework to get there.…
February 2, 2024
Chromagnon Testing W2
Hello friends, It's nice and sunny here in SE Portland. This week was another steady week of Chromagnon testing and firmware updates for the new core assembly, with a few foibles. (My trusty lab…
January 26, 2024
Chromagnon Testing
Hello Chromagnonfolk, We had a busy week here, catching up on activities after being iced in last week. I spent most of the week reviewing the Chromagnon Core PCB RevF, and am relieved to report…
January 19, 2024
Iced In
Hello visual artists and Chromagnonites -- this week has been a bit crazy. Here in Portland we have all been iced into our homes since the holiday on Monday, so the typical workshop crew is working…
January 12, 2024
The Core Has Landed
Howdy Chromagnon-folk. It's Friday and the week has been productive at LZX HQ. We're expecting snow over this upcoming holiday weekend here in southeast Portland. The best news of the week was…
January 5, 2024
We Answer Your Questions
Greetings Chromagnonites. We’ve had a great start to the year here in the workshop. A handy form was provided in the last journal entry and you sent in a lot of questions! This post will be focused…
December 30, 2023
The Year In Review
It's Friday... howdy! As promised in the last post, here is a list of notable milestones we reached at LZX in 2023. - Released TBC2 and caught up on all backorder shipments. - Released six…
December 22, 2023
The Molten Core
It's the last Saturday of 2023, and it's been a busy week. With some LZX teammates out of town and under the weather, I've done my best to mind the shop and ship your orders. Earlier today, I…
December 18, 2023
Chromagnonomics
It is a Monday: the 18th of December, 2023. At LZX we are wrapping up an exhausting year, and probably our most challenging yet. It has been difficult to speak publicly on our ongoing plans and…