I already have the addiction. I have been playing with an arduino and some GE35 lights I got on sale a Lowes after Christmas. I found out that my brother in Texas and his best friend have been doing this for a long time. The manual is fantastic. Very easy to follow and the pictures really help. The only part that you might look at is that when I printed the manual out, the pictures and the directions were not always on the same page, so I had to flip back and fourth some.
I'm by no means an arduino expert, but have built a couple and used them in projects. In short, Arduinos will do nothing that the PICs can't do (from what I can tell as a noobie) for the dmx/lighting thing. Arduino is an open source series of boards based upon an Amtel ATseries chip. They have standards for the pinouts with set spacing so that you can plug daughter cards (called shields) onto them. Otherwise, they are simply a micro controller. Their popularity seems to come from the open hardware specs, the ease of customizing the controller by stacking shields on top, a robust open source library for programming, and a relatively inexpensive prototyping environment.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginI'm by no means an arduino expert, but have built a couple and used them in projects. In short, Arduinos will do nothing that the PICs can't do (from what I can tell as a noobie) for the dmx/lighting thing. Arduino is an open source series of boards based upon an Amtel ATseries chip. They have standards for the pinouts with set spacing so that you can plug daughter cards (called shields) onto them. Otherwise, they are simply a micro controller. Their popularity seems to come from the open hardware specs, the ease of customizing the controller by stacking shields on top, a robust open source library for programming, and a relatively inexpensive prototyping environment.So Randy,One of the things that I am in need of is the ability to trigger a form C relay to trigger certain items mostly for my Halloween setup. You mention "for the dmx/lighting thing" so you can configure this board to work in a universe then? So I can trigger this along with the other items I have in my LOR sequence?