Category Archives: DMX / Art-Net

Build a DMX FeatherWing to Control Lights with a Feather M0

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Glen

This project uses an Adafruit Feather M0 board to control a group of RGB lights using the DMX-512 protocol. We’ll build a DMX-512 FeatherWing and connect it to the Feather M0 and a Particle Ethernet FeatherWing. Finally, we’ll develop a web-based GUI to select different RGB lighting effects and control the lights. Continue reading →

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PoE-Powered RGB LED Floodlight

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Glen

This project uses a Silvertel 802.3at Ag5300 PoE+ module with a built-in isolated 24 V DC/DC converter to power a 10 W ColorKinetics ColorBurst 4 RGB LED floodlight. The Ethernet cable and light plug into a small power / control board and PoE+ powers the floodlight and Art-Net UDP packets control the light. Continue reading →

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It’s an Ethernet-Powered Christmas Tree!

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Glen

The lighted tree in the video above gets both the power and data for its RGB LED pixels using a single Ethernet cable. Power for the pixels is supplied from an Ethernet switch using the 802.3at PoE+ standard. Data for … Continue reading →

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Homebrew DMX-Controlled RGB LED Light

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Glen

This project is a small DMX-512 controlled, color-changing RGB LED light. The light can be controlled via the DMX512 protocol or it can run a number of built-in programs depending on how the software is configured. The light incorporates an … Continue reading →

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PIC18 Four-Channel DMX Relay Controller

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Glen

Halloween was right around the corner and I needed a timer with a bunch of relays to trigger some store-bought props and a fog machine periodically. (Mental note: read fog machine specs carefully—not all come with timer remotes.) My first … Continue reading →

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