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Only the WS2801 is supported in the 0.8.27 release. Code to support LPD8806 is in the git repo and will be in 0.7.28.
 
Only the WS2801 is supported in the 0.8.27 release. Code to support LPD8806 is in the git repo and will be in 0.7.28.
 
  
 
== Hardware Setup ==
 
== Hardware Setup ==

Revision as of 21:07, 7 March 2013

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Since March 2013, OLA contains an SPI plugin, which allows you to drive strings of LEDs pixels provided your hardware has an SPI device. Using embedded Linux platforms like the Raspberry Pi, this allows one to build Pixel strings controlable via any of the supported protocols (ArtNet, E1.31, OSC & more) for < $100.

Alternatively if you don't want network control, you can send DMX512 to the LEDs using the Python, C++ or Java client library.

Supported Hardware

On the host side, any SPI hardware supported by the kernel should work correctly. By default OLA looks for devices in the form /dev/spi* .

On the LED pixel side the following is supported:

Only the WS2801 is supported in the 0.8.27 release. Code to support LPD8806 is in the git repo and will be in 0.7.28.

Hardware Setup

TODO(someone): document this.

Software Setup

Once you have OLA running it's a matter of patching an SPI Output port to a universe and then patching the desired input port.

Configuration

The type of LED drivers, operating mode and DMX Start Address are configurable via RDM. Click on the RDM tab and you'll see the options.

The number of LEDs and SPI speed is set using the ola-spi.conf file.