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| − | Beacon4 will be the fourth incarnation of the flagpole beacon, for Burning Man 2012. This year the plan is to take a different approach, and light the entire scaffold tower | + | Beacon4 will be the fourth incarnation of the flagpole beacon, for Burning Man 2012. This year the plan is to take a different approach, and light the entire scaffold tower rather than just a beacon on top of the flagpole. |
= Project Status = | = Project Status = | ||
| + | * 2012-04-24: Permission received! | ||
* 2012-04-23: Requested permission from NeonBunny to attach LEDs to the tower. | * 2012-04-23: Requested permission from NeonBunny to attach LEDs to the tower. | ||
* 2012-04-22: Started putting together idea. | * 2012-04-22: Started putting together idea. | ||
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= Ideas/Plans = | = Ideas/Plans = | ||
* Main idea is to cover most of the scaffold tower in addressable LED strips, driven by one or more StrichLux modules | * Main idea is to cover most of the scaffold tower in addressable LED strips, driven by one or more StrichLux modules | ||
| − | * Art-Net will be used between the controller and the StrichLux driver box/translation engine | + | * Art-Net will be used between the controller and the [[StrichLux]] driver box/translation engine |
| − | ** DMX input module could be brought along and swapped in if someone wants to manually control the "display" | + | ** Backup plan is to have a USB hub and one OpenDMX USB interface per universe, driving the StrichLux boxes via [[StrichLux/IO-DMX|IO-DMX]] input modules |
| + | ** [[StrichLux/IO-DMX|IO-DMX]] input module could be brought along either way and swapped in if someone wants to manually control the "display" | ||
* BeagleBone is being looked at to control the whole display | * BeagleBone is being looked at to control the whole display | ||
** <1W idle, 1.75W full load | ** <1W idle, 1.75W full load | ||
| − | ** Comes with onboard | + | ** Comes with onboard Ethernet |
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| + | = System Components = | ||
| + | * BeagleBone (controller) | ||
| + | * 4-port fanless Ethernet switch | ||
| + | * 1 or 2 [[StrichLux]] boxes (transform engine/protocol converter) | ||
| + | ** 1x [[StrichLux/IO-ArtNet|IO-ArtNet]] | ||
| + | ** 4x [[StrichLux/IO-SPI|IO-SPI]] | ||
| + | * Many LED strips '''(need to work out dimensions)''' | ||
| + | * Power setup '''(need to work out power details)''' | ||
| + | * Debugging terminal (XO-1?) | ||
[[Category:Current Projects]] | [[Category:Current Projects]] | ||
Revision as of 16:34, 24 April 2012
Beacon4 will be the fourth incarnation of the flagpole beacon, for Burning Man 2012. This year the plan is to take a different approach, and light the entire scaffold tower rather than just a beacon on top of the flagpole.
Project Status
- 2012-04-24: Permission received!
- 2012-04-23: Requested permission from NeonBunny to attach LEDs to the tower.
- 2012-04-22: Started putting together idea.
Ideas/Plans
- Main idea is to cover most of the scaffold tower in addressable LED strips, driven by one or more StrichLux modules
- Art-Net will be used between the controller and the StrichLux driver box/translation engine
- BeagleBone is being looked at to control the whole display
- <1W idle, 1.75W full load
- Comes with onboard Ethernet
