Thanks for the servos link. I just paid $30 for a metal gear, high speed, high torque servo for my project. If you want to see something cool check out these links:
I'm pretty sure that's what my Wife wants to do. I think that we may go with a seperate system as she wants the skulls to be doing something different than the Singing Pumkins that LOR is running.
If we used LOR For everything we'd have to have 2 laptops running LOR with 2 USB Controllers. Oh well, she's already commented that we don't have time to do it this year so we'll pace ourselves and see what happens for next year.
LightORamaJohn wrote: Here are the products to be delivered in August & September:
4) 9 channel fountain controller. Controls up to 3 PMSM pumps and 6 channels of LED lighting. Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor pumps are the type most commonly used in fountains and ponds. Both pumps and lights controlled from barely on to full power. LOR plans to offer both submersible pumps and submersible LED lighting.
I am very excited to see the the announcement of a fountain controller! Why did you say LED channels? Are these channels specifically designed to control high power super bright LEDs such as the LUXEON Star or K2? (I hope)
I'm planning a fountain for this year's display and am wondering about the capabilities of this card and (of course) availability.
Ponddude wrote: Dan...any update at all on these new products?
I know post-LOR 2 you are cautious about giving out dates, and I can understand this, but are we going to see any of these things this year?
+1 and the firmware/feature update?
Is it possible to leak out a little more info on the new products. I would love to see Documentation on the new products. This would help with designing other equipment for Halloween. I won't ask for a date, I know how dates can come back and bite you in the A**.
Donald Puryear wrote: Is it possible to leak out a little more info on the new products. I would love to see Documentation on the new products. This would help with designing other equipment for Halloween. I won't ask for a date, I know how dates can come back and bite you in the A**.
The Network Repeater is done and available in the store under accessories. Here is the document:
Here is the latest (preliminary) copy of the DIO32 manual. I think the verbiage is correct for the production boards, but I don't have pictures of the production board. I will most likely make some minor wording changes, expand the sections on the daughter boards and do a much better job with the photo diagrams. Anyway, this is an accurate description of the DIO32.
The isolated USB adapter has also been completed and will be available for Christmas this year. I haven't had a chance to produce a document for it yet. There's not really that much to say about it, it's like a regular USB adapter, except that the PC is isolated from the LOR network (thousands of volts of isolation.)
I have not had a chance to produce something I would consider presentable for the Chime-O-Matic or the Fountain Controller.
I completed the hardware design of the Fountain Controller last spring. Prototypes have been in use in test environments since June and they have exceeded our expectations.
Likewise, I finished the hardware design and testing of early prototyping for the CoM last July.
I'm sorry I announced the Fountain & CoM. Dan and I discussed these two items and really thought we would have the time to get them out before the Christmas rush overtook us. Unfortunately, for us, the Christmass rush starts in August.
