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Project name
LIGHT ORGAN
Subject
A programmable device which individually controls the illumination intensity of 30 high-power light bulbs.
Technology
  • 2.4Ghz radio, 802.15.4
  • 8 bit microkontroller
  • Embedded Linux, Enlightenment WM
  • 12V relay driver
 

We bought this amazing set of lights at the Boxhagener Platz market in Berlin. The lamps were originally manufactured as fog headlights for Trabants and Wartburgs (12V/70W).

The project was intended to demonstrate how our technology can be used to control high-current devices.

 
 
 

In the application shown on the video, the lamps are controlled with the help of an Openmoko open-source telephone, the Neo Freerunner, via a low-consumption radio device. The control of the system is achieved by a graphic interface developed by our company.

The video shows Openmoko in the foreground with the radio device above it. In the background is the light organ itself.