[PD] physical computing: Lanbox, Arduino, Teleo...? (looking for miditron alternative)

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I think the Arduino would work well for you, if it has enough I/O  
ports for your project.  Pd support is good and will only get better  
since a bunch of people are starting to work on it.

Plus its cheap, got a good community, and its all free software AND  
free hardware.

.hc


On Aug 7, 2006, at 9:46 PM, tim wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> We are making installations with moving objects controlled by  
> motors, lights, sound, environmental input.
> The main software is PureData, and the interface we used until now  
> was the Miditron from eroktronix, and a bunch of homebrew relay cards.
> Because of reliability issues we are looking for an alternative.
> The LanBox LCE at first seemed like a good candidate but apparently  
> it doesn't support input signals.
> We need inputs to monitor the position of the objects/motors.
> The LanBox LCX might be a better choice because it has 8 digital  
> ins and outs. (are these also DMX channels?->yes we're DMX  
> illiterate...)
> Maybe DMX isn't the right choice alltogether, is there a beter  
> alternative?
> Is Arduino reliable for example? How about Teleo from  
> makingthings.com ?
>
> A shortlist of what we need to be able to do:
> controlling 3 Motors 220 volt, 25 watt each (left/right, start/stop)
> controlling 3 TL tubes (on/of)
> inputs from 6 end of line switches to monitor the positions.
> input from movement sensor
>
> In general it should be robust and reliable, preferably no detour  
> via MIDI, so a USB or ethernet based system.
> Also, if possible, we want to avoid too much soldering...
>
> to get an idea of what the installations look like, go to:
> http://www.timvets.net/projects/erkiandtim/cl/citylights2.html
>
> any suggestions greatly appreciated,
> Tim
>
>
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