multicast
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Had my arm bent to connect the dots so to speak for a simple little open source project.
Openlighting will run on a raspberry PI or beagle bone. It will receive any number of lighting protocols ( DMX, Artnet, E1.31 etc etc ) and you can do all sorts of stuff with it. One of the "stuff" things you can do is drive Pixels. Matt Ranstray has already written the code for it. its all a bit rough still, but it works very nicely, just needs some 'tidying' together.
For those that can't wait here is Matts code and links.
https://github.com/mranostay/ws28xx-lighting-pru
You can also check out open lighting.org
I've tested this out on the bench and it works well. What you will need is a beagle bone black. ( about $USD45 ) plus a "cape" that we are going to make. The cape is *very* simple. It will only have 2 low cost IC's, 16 resistors and 2 caps, plus some connectors. PCB should only cost a few dollars at volume and the parts about $6-7. ( most of the cost is the connectors ).. The object of this, is to make it very cheap, so you'll need to sort out your own power distribution etc etc.. 8 outputs, they can drive multiple universes per output.
Right now, the software supports Ws2801's, 2811 and 2812's, but more are coming and because the code is completely open you can add your own.
I'll see if i can finish this pcb design in the next few weeks, but heres the schematic.
PS.. I won't be making this as a 'product' or kit. I might get 50 boards made and you can glue your own together.
[attachimg=1]
Openlighting will run on a raspberry PI or beagle bone. It will receive any number of lighting protocols ( DMX, Artnet, E1.31 etc etc ) and you can do all sorts of stuff with it. One of the "stuff" things you can do is drive Pixels. Matt Ranstray has already written the code for it. its all a bit rough still, but it works very nicely, just needs some 'tidying' together.
For those that can't wait here is Matts code and links.
https://github.com/mranostay/ws28xx-lighting-pru
You can also check out open lighting.org
I've tested this out on the bench and it works well. What you will need is a beagle bone black. ( about $USD45 ) plus a "cape" that we are going to make. The cape is *very* simple. It will only have 2 low cost IC's, 16 resistors and 2 caps, plus some connectors. PCB should only cost a few dollars at volume and the parts about $6-7. ( most of the cost is the connectors ).. The object of this, is to make it very cheap, so you'll need to sort out your own power distribution etc etc.. 8 outputs, they can drive multiple universes per output.
Right now, the software supports Ws2801's, 2811 and 2812's, but more are coming and because the code is completely open you can add your own.
I'll see if i can finish this pcb design in the next few weeks, but heres the schematic.
PS.. I won't be making this as a 'product' or kit. I might get 50 boards made and you can glue your own together.
[attachimg=1]