Kira’s Status Report for 3/21

This week I made solid progress testing the DMX transmitter and basic controller functionality. I set up the DMX shield in transmit mode with the Arduino and used potentiometers as analog inputs to act as “faders” for our controller. I was able to successfully send signals to a theatrical RGBW light and verify that changing different DMX addresses and parameters worked as expected, specifically testing control over color and intensity. I had also planned to test DMX receiving, but since we only had one shield at the time, I couldn’t complete that portion. Now that we’ve received a second DMX shield, I will move forward with testing the receiver next week.