[dorkbotpdx-blabber] open source ART controller

Tue Mar 31 01:54:12 EDT 2009

As someone who spent 10 years in that **** little town I can pretty  
much verify that its a technological wasteland.
Jared however does go down there regularly, and I could be convinced  
to go down there if you could find enough dorks.

...

On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:28 PM, Webb Sprague wrote:

> I would be interested in working with someone who wants to try to
> control a bunch of art actuators (like the solenoids) or read from
> sensors and drive the various things from a computer like my Mac.  I
> would love to team up with someone who can make the physical "bot"
> happen -- I can help program the bot via Processing and definitely
> program the controller on the "big" computer once we have a connection
> running.
>
> Any dorkbotters in Eugene, by any chance?
>
> W
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Gintz, Travis <TGintz at leviton.com>  
> wrote:
>> There could be a potential for that... I see more and more people  
>> wanting "tech" in their "art" but don't have a lot of experience in  
>> electronics/programming/etc.... So something that could be very  
>> simple to program and interface to would be great.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org [mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org 
>> ] On Behalf Of Webb Sprague
>> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:08 PM
>> To: A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or)
>> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] open source ART controller
>>
>> I don't know if it might be helpful, but I would love to try  
>> writing a Linux based remote controller program in Tcl/Tk (the GUI  
>> choice for electrical engineers and telescope drivers).  Such a  
>> thing would require an interface either through serial or  
>> bluetooth ; I can handle the I/O once it hits the computer but a  
>> hardware dork would have to get it there.  And I have to admit I  
>> haven't ever done such a thing yet, though I am a competent  
>> programmer and think I can see my way through it, and I wouldn't be  
>> THAT expensive ;)
>>
>> Also -- I would be coming to dorkbot meetings, but I am only in  
>> Portland on W-TH-F. :(
>>
>> -W
>>
>> 2009/3/30 Gintz, Travis <TGintz at leviton.com>:
>>> unfortunately I cannot make it tonight, totally forgot about the  
>>> meeting.
>>> I think 16 channels would work perfectly, i'll email you offlist.
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org
>>> [mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org] On Behalf Of Jared
>>> Boone
>>> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 12:31 PM
>>> To: A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or)
>>> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] open source ART controller
>>>
>>> Travis,
>>> I'm working on something informally that might work for you --
>>> 16-channel MOSFET switch (~20W/60V) under AVR control. Will you be  
>>> at Dorkbot tonight?
>>> We could discuss it there.
>>>
>>>         - Jared
>>> On Mar 30, 2009, at 11:45 AM, "Gintz, Travis" <TGintz at leviton.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, i know that.... I'm making sure I know all my options, I know
>>> there's quite a few other people on here that are doing something
>>> similar... This is a paid project, so if I can spread the wealth,
>>> thats what I'll do :)
>>>
>>> you know......Get specs, research options (this is where we're at),
>>> narrow options, choose best option, implement that option.
>>>
>>> Another thing, fabbing isn't my weakspot, its programming :)
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org
>>> [mailto:dorkbotpdx-blabber-bounces at dorkbot.org] On Behalf Of Donald
>>> Delmar Davis
>>> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:42 AM
>>> To: A discussion list for dorkbot-pdx (portland, or)
>>> Subject: Re: [dorkbotpdx-blabber] open source ART controller
>>>
>>> Come on travis you are the control guy.
>>> You should be able to fab this in your sleep.
>>> :)
>>> On Mar 30, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Gintz, Travis wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm doing some consulting for an ART/Technology integration project
>>> with a couple artists and right now we're just outlining what we  
>>> want
>>> to do. I was thinking, this could be an open source ART controller  
>>> for
>>> lots of things, lights, solenoids, motors, sensor input.... maybe
>>> there's something like this out there already.... I know more and  
>>> more
>>> artists are playing this this, is there interest?
>>>
>>> requirements:
>>> We have 200 solenoids that we want to control based on randomly
>>> generated delays 5-10 analog inputs.
>>> each solenoid control is independent, but the "delays" would be  
>>> based
>>> on AD input can be either 5V or 12V ideally (24V is an option as  
>>> well,
>>> but not preferred).
>>>
>>> I was thinking about "modules" that can control groups of 10-25
>>> Transistor
>>> outputs/2-4 AD inputs. I know I could make some boards, but wanted  
>>> to
>>> see if there's something readily available for this project or
>>> something that someone has already worked on? (to cut down on design
>>> time/debugging/implementation).  If we need to build boards, that's
>>> not a huge deal, are there any board places that can assemble the
>>> units with components? Budget for the system is $800 for the  
>>> hardware.
>>> There's a budget for programming as well.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any ideas as far as options go? Maybe even a  
>>> cheap PLC?
>>> Regards,
>>> Travis Gintz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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