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Create a user-friendly digital DMX lighting controller for concerts and DJs with preset & custom sequences. Overcoming challenges, this project offers improved aesthetics and functionality.
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2 ece 477 team 2 ECE 477 Senior Design Team 2 – Fall 2011 from left to right: James Cuffney, Brent O’Brien, Keegan McGraw, Austin Chen
3 project overview • controller for concert and DJ lighting • uses the well-established digital DMX protocol • preset and user-created lighting sequences • improvement on existing DMX controllers • user friendly • aesthetically appealing • targeted to the consumer market
4 design challenges • microcontroller issues • difficult to use development environment • couldn‘t program our micro • last minute switch • speed and memory requirements for DMX • flywiring major revisions to our PCB • wire management inside the packaging
5 270/362 skills • ATD/ADC: audio • UART: LCD • shift registers: LEDs • timing diagrams: DMX • project management • reading datasheets
6 demo