Here's a video of LPD8806 getting the data from the visuals.

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Here’s a video of LPD8806 getting the data from the visuals.

It’s an Arduino Mega2560, you can see on the outer ones it’s glitching a bit. Could be a bug, but I think more likely it’s reaching the limit of DMX data the arduino can process. Still a work in progress…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMnJ2I1GJuY

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I’m just curious as to why you have chosen a Mega as opposed to the Due for an install like this, wouldn’t you benefit from a faster processor? Great job by the way!

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The actual reason: I pulled it together in a few hours and didn’t have a Due handy. :stuck_out_tongue:

Although it was actually quite seemless when I was controlling the LEDs over Art-Net with a Road Hog 4 lighting desk, when we tested it beforehand. It was only when I started controlling them with MadMapper did the glitchy-ness occur, and our visuals guy wasn’t available to test until we were on site. I think MadMapper sends out the Art-Net data much faster than the lighting desk, too fast for it to process. Originally the one controller was handling 6 Art-Net universes, it was really bad, so I reduced it to 2, and made each side mirror each other, not ideal but when you’re in the middle of nowhere there isn’t much else to do. :slight_smile:

But in the future I will use a Due or a Teensy with ethernet shield.