It seems that the budget for the play is a lot greater than I am used to for HS Plays.. Holland, MI is a nice city and apparently doing very well! (I'm in Northern Indiana)
I'd probably use one of these controllers if I had to buy one new. They don't get much cheaper than this but it is fully functional. If you need more current output, add in some interposing relays or go with the relay output version .. $10 more or so at $79.00. If you need more I/O just add a module. http://www.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/Programmable_Controllers/CLICK_Series_PLCs_%28Stackable_Micro_Brick%29/PLC_Units/C0-00DD2-D These units run off 24 volts DC so you will need a DC-DC power supply to run these which is a good idea anyway since it regulates the battery voltage.. Meanwell sells some very good, but cheap DC-DC power supplies. Programming one of these to do what you want would be trivial for an experienced PLC programmer. Dave On 10/17/2013 8:21 AM, Eric H. Johnson wrote: > Bruce, > > Here is a link to light sequencing and DMX decoding using an Arduino: > http://makezine.com/2011/11/01/light-sequencing-and-decoding-dmx-with-an-ard > uino/ > > I personally do not know much about theater lighting but thought this might > be of interest. If you are located in the US, the Arduino and various > companion modules are available through Radioshack. > > Regards, > Eric > > I need help > > First let me say i know zero about controllers. > > I am building the chandelier for the high schools performance of Phantom of > the Opera. > I need to remotely control the lights, two actuators and some spark > emitters. > The chandelier will sit on the stage all crumpled up as the play starts it > will slowly raise and the lights will flicker and all come to life as the > chandelier reaches is apex. > Later in the play we will lower the chandelier a few feet and shake it with > the actuators, flicker some of the lights and set off the spark emitters. > > Everything need to run off a 12 volt battery. > There are: > 48 LED globes. > Some types of spark emitters, not sure what I am using yet, don't want to > set of the smoke alarms Some type of linear actuator to pull two tiers of > the chandelier together to shake it. Open to suggestions. > Run everything but the winch, remotely. > > I'm told I need a pic controller for this and the engineer where I work says > he'll put it all together and program it, but I need to find it and buy it > first. > > Any help I can get on this will be greatly appreciated. > Bruce > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > October Webinars: Code for Performance > Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most > from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and > register > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > October Webinars: Code for Performance > Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. > Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from > the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
