Re: Kasina external lights?
Everything that anyone building an LED driver panel needs to know should already be in that thread.
The additional information you might need regarding the Kasina is that to make it work for the Kasina, you merely have to double the number of drivers (from 3 to 6), and reverse their input polarity on 1/2 of them. The Kasina and Procyon's drive signals are the same, except that the Kasina switches polarity several times a second. One polarity drives the left 3 colours, the other polarity drives the right 3 colours.
Re: Kasina external lights?
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Andy
Everything that anyone building an LED driver panel needs to know should already be in that thread.
The additional information you might need regarding the Kasina is that to make it work for the Kasina, you merely have to double the number of drivers (from 3 to 6), and reverse their input polarity on 1/2 of them. The Kasina and Procyon's drive signals are the same, except that the Kasina switches polarity several times a second. One polarity drives the left 3 colours, the other polarity drives the right 3 colours.
TY for attending to this thread.
What is the voltage output of the Kasina?
In addition, the lighting electrian had concern that there might be damage to the unit - I do not comprehend why that would be?
Do you and does anyone think that the circuit board he identified would work for converting the output to DMA?
Re: Kasina external lights?
LEDs are driven by current, not voltage. You'll need someone much more knowledgable than any of us on how to convert the signals to a digital protocol like DMX. 0-10v converters are not the solution.
My suggestion would be to build the device as shown in the other thread, or you could contact someone like cymaticsomatics and see if they have a way to convert SS signals directly to DMX (instead of using the LED signals)
Re: Kasina external lights?
I have immediately contacted them as they appear both active today and very much engaged in the field I am wishing to explore. Hope so.
Excellent tip, TY .
Re: Kasina external lights?
I was just discussing this with the engineer... the Kasina LED drive voltage is 4.2 volts. The signals alternate left/right at about 344 hz, the audio sample rate divided by 128 (as I recall). This allows four wires to deliver six independent color channels--that is, each one can have its own brightness and frequency, if you choose.
Re: Kasina external lights?
Hi. I appreciate both of your replies - taking the time to investigate. It's both useful and interesting information.