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ece 477 team 2. 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
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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