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More work on DMX lighting

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Some projects make sense because they’re likely to be profitable. Other projects justify themselves by making life easier. My DMX project, though, is all about “oooh, pretty lights.” I’ve always enjoyed theatrical lighting, and the couple of years I was involved with lighting and lasers for raves were fantastic. And [...]

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Nightstand lamps. The hard way.

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Just in case you’re looking to make a networked, computer-controlled, internet-capable nightstand lamp, I’ve put together these easy instructions for how to do it with a maximum of pain and expense. This should have been an easy and fun project, based on DMX-enabled LED fixtures and some fairly simply homebrew software. However, [...]

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LED Blacklight

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

Ok, it’s not that much, but it’s a start. The Chauvet LED Shadow is one of the first LED based blacklights. It’s moderately bright, and it’s a lot more durable and reliable than traditional fluorescent blacklights. However, it’s not nearly as powerful as some of the big UV floodlights, so it looks [...]

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