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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">We found that when dealing with the maximum throughput of 255 universes of Broadcast Artnet, and the translations into DMX in our
<a href="http://www.chauvetprofessional.com/products/net-x/">NET-X</a> and <a href="http://www.chauvetprofessional.com/products/epix-drive-900/">
Epix</a> products, we had to use a FPGA to effectively handle the data without bogging down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces@theatrical.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Sauder via Stagecraft<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Stagecraft Mailing List<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Michael Sauder<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SML] Theatre and Pi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333399">Web: <a href="http://www.shownet.io/" target="_blank">www.shownet.io</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Jonathan Zitelman via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">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.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Has anyone created anything with the Raspberry Pi bits for use in<br>
shows in some fashion? Just curious. I think about Pi each time they<br>
come out with something new, and once again it's in my mind with the<br>
release of the Pi Zero this week.<span style="color:#888888"><br>
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