[SML] Theatre and Pi

[Jonathan Zitelman]

Ford, I completely agree.  The Pi setup primarily serves for small shows or
pre-programmed lighting effects.  With the low cost of setup it makes it
much easier to setup a device and leave it designated for a space/project.

-Jonathan Z

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Ford Sellers via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> We found that when dealing with the maximum throughput of 255 universes of
> Broadcast Artnet, and the translations into DMX in our NET-X
> <http://www.chauvetprofessional.com/products/net-x/> and Epix
> <http://www.chauvetprofessional.com/products/epix-drive-900/> products,
> we had to use a FPGA to effectively handle the data without bogging down.
>
>
>
> For an architectural system (where a half second lag won’t cause a major
> headache), or a one or two universe device, you can probably get away with
> Pi.
>
> It would probably work great for most small to medium theatres.
>
>
>
> But for sorting and streaming a lot of data to pixel arrays, we’ve found
> that we need something more robust.
>
>
>
> -Ford
>
>
>
> *From:* Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Michael Sauder via Stagecraft
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:19 AM
> *To:* Stagecraft Mailing List
> *Cc:* Michael Sauder
> *Subject:* Re: [SML] Theatre and Pi
>
>
>
> This is somewhat related to my dormant "I'll pick it up again sometime..
> soon..ish" project - my "IDER Box" - Integrated DMX and Ethernet Router
>
> http://www.iderbox.org/
>
>
>
> It currently has a Beaglebone Black board in it, but I've been playing
> with the latest Raspberry Pi the past couple weeks and thinking of
> restarting the project using a Pi.
>
>
> --
>
> Michael Sauder
>
> Show Control Programming and Design
>
> Email: michael.sauder at gmail.com
>
> Web: www.shownet.io
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Jonathan Zitelman via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
> Catching up on my huge backlog of unread messages...  I took a Pi B+,
> added a TFT screen and attached (zips) it on a spare Enttec USB/DMX
> controller I had laying around for a low cost, portable controller.  Mainly
> a cheap, quick and dirty project just to do proof of concept.
>
> The Pi allows for so much, just haven't had the time to build out other
> projects.  It would be a good base for a low cost, intricate cue system,
> particularly the Pi2 or Zero with the additional GPIO pins.
>
> -Jonathan Z
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
> Pi.... Mmm.
>
> Has anyone created anything with the Raspberry Pi bits for use in
> shows in some fashion?  Just curious. I think about Pi each time they
> come out with something new, and once again it's in my mind with the
> release of the Pi Zero this week.
>
> --
> Jon Ares
> www.arescreative.com
> http://backstagethreads.com
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