Finally got up and running

[hellfire]

As the title says. It's been a long time ... Too many hobbies but I finally got my scan system running. Please note that we are running a linux based control card and software for the graphics called Ghettolaze. Please leave some feedback. If anyone wants to know more about the Ghettolaze don't hesitate to ask questions. It's in the final prototype phase for version 1.
Ken Son founder of the system is now working on version II . Well here's the link....Enjoy http://pashupatina.com/fatal/Superluminal-top.htm

[afrob]

Hi,
nice project. I saw many pictures on your site, but almost no further information. Could you enlighten me with some more technical details like speed, resolution, number of channels etc. ? Will Ghettolaze be open source software or commercial?

[hellfire]

Here are the specifications. These are from Ken himself. Also at the moment this is not open source.
Though honestly it's the software side which is exciting me, here's the
hardware specs of the current system.

This first gen board supports dual differential output (X & Y) running at
up to 200kpps at 8-bit resolution. (This resolution was chosen to keep
costs as low as possible with hobbyists in mind) An interesting side effect
is that the excessive bandwidth and CPU speed available will allow us to
do some really interesting effects in real-time. It supports 8 color channels and
has dedicated blanking and visible channels. It will come with three basic
interfaces: Firewire (preferred), parallel, and USB. It can also operate in
single-ended (regular non-differential X & Y) mode for lower model scanheads.
Planned is a microprocessor controlled FIFO ring buffer to help run on
non-realtime systems.

Those who are hung up on the numbers game (i.e. more resolution, more bits,
more channels, etc.) will do well to wait for the Gen 2 system which is due to
be released mid 4th quarter this year. This system will be a Firewire only device
designed for scalability: Your CPU notwithstanding, you will be able to run
up to 64 boards per host (though realistically, you'd run no more than 6 boards
(for 18 scanheads controlled per host) and set up additional hosts for additional
channels linked via a network)

Each gen 2 board will feature:
3 -- 24-bit X & Y output channels (works with single-ended & differential scanheads)
24 -- 16-bit color channels (i.e. A heck of a lot of colors per scanhead [over 3.4x10^38 colors])
32 -- TTL level outputs for triggering effects.

The software will also support integrated midi, DMX-512, SMPTE and
additional relay & servo driver boards.



Ivan