KarateLight - Revision history

Cpresser at 22:15, 25 May 2013

2013-05-25T22:15:42Z

Cpresser at 22:12, 25 May 2013

2013-05-25T22:12:04Z

Cpresser: inital edit

2013-05-25T21:55:23Z

inital edit

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Link: http://karatelight.de <br>
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[[Image:karatelight_dimmer_16ch_pcb.jpg|right|300px|16-Channel KarateLight Dimmer]]
Hardware KarateLight Dimmer:
* 8/16 RGB Channels for 12V LED-Stripes
* 60 Watt Output Power (or 120Watt for 24V LEDs)
* 12Bit color resolution (Gamma-Lookup Table in the Firmware
* 1kHz PWM frequency
* Free Hardware. Get the schematic and build your own device
* Firmware-upgrade over USB

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[[Image:karatelight_dmx_prototype_pcb.jpg|right|300px|KarateLight USB2DMX Interface]]
Hardware KarateLight-DMX:
* From USB to [[DMX]] (one way DMX; RDM will be added in the next version)
* The DMX data is buffered and the transmission is timed by the microcontroller
* USB powered
* No galvanic isolation (will be added in the next version)
* Free Hardware (CC-BY-NC-SA). Get the schematic and build your own device
* Firmware-upgrade over USB
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Software:
* Supported by [[OLA]] on Linux
* Plugin support for most Enigma2 Settop-Boxes
* Supported by boblight (Win, Linux, Mac)
* Supported by AtmoWin (Windows)
* Supported by DFAtmo (Xbmc, VDR, xinelib)
* Firmware is based on the Microchip-USB-Stack for Pic18 Controllers which is free-as-in-beer but not free-as-in-speech. The non-Microchip parts are GPL.

[http://karatelight.de KarateLight-Dimmer]<br>
[http://https://ca.rstenpresser.de/blag/blog/2013/05/06/a-new-usb2dmx-based-on-pic18f24k50-chip/ KarateLight-DMX-Interface]

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		+	There are two different Devices, both with the name KarateLight. They are both opensource and use the same protocol. Both are supported by the OLA karate-plugin.
		+	First there is a RGB-LED-Dimmer, originally created for ambient lighting on TVs. The second one, by the name of KarateLight-DMX is a simple and cheap USB2DMX Intererface. The first prototype only supports sending DMX, but RDM support will be added in the next hardware revision.

	[[Image:karatelight_dimmer_16ch_pcb.jpg\|right\|300px\|16-Channel KarateLight Dimmer]]		[[Image:karatelight_dimmer_16ch_pcb.jpg\|right\|300px\|16-Channel KarateLight Dimmer]]

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 First there is a RGB-LED-Dimmer, originally created for ambient lighting on TVs. The second one, by the name of KarateLight-DMX is a simple and cheap USB2DMX Intererface. The first prototype only supports sending DMX, but RDM support will be added in the next hardware revision.
 [[Image:karatelight_dimmer_16ch_pcb.jpg|right|300px|16-Channel KarateLight Dimmer]]
 * 8/16 RGB Channels for 12V LED-Stripes
 * 60 Watt Output Power (or 120Watt for 24V LEDs)
 * 12Bit color resolution (Gamma-Lookup Table in the Firmware
 * 1kHz PWM frequency
-* Free Hardware. Get the schematic and build your own device
+* Free Hardware (CC-BY-NC-SA). Get the schematic and build your own device
 * Firmware-upgrade over USB
 <br>
 [[Image:karatelight_dmx_prototype_pcb.jpg|right|300px|KarateLight USB2DMX Interface]]
 * From USB to [[DMX]] (one way DMX; RDM will be added in the next version)
 * The DMX data is buffered and the transmission is timed by the microcontroller
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-Software:
+== Software ==
 * Supported by [[OLA]] on Linux
 * Plugin support for most Enigma2 Settop-Boxes