Portable Lightning Console
Channel: UNLVECE
Date: 2020-12-23

This device acts like a lighting control console, with the on-the-go, freelance lighting technician in mind. This design combines the necessary technology of an entertainment-based lighting console with the portability and protection of a hard case. In the entertainment industry, working on material outside of the workplace can be difficult or often expensive, so a compact device to help get smaller scale jobs done, from home or in the workspace seems almost essential. The devices that exist to help this issue are often pretty expensive. This design offers a cheaper alternative that’s all-inclusive. The market for the device is specialized and mostly seen in the entertainment industry. However, the entertainment industry is a very wide market. Lighting consoles can be seen in showrooms (such as Cirque du Soleil shows), nightclubs big and small, middle schools, high schools, universities/colleges, churches, bars/restaurants, private events, conventions, and the list goes on and on. Lighting is an essential part of many ambient experiences. Although the product wouldn’t be as popular in the large live event setting given its limitations to smaller amounts of data, it has the potential to be really popular in the other settings listed. The electronic components consist of a microcomputer, in this case, Raspberry Pi, an LCD touchscreen for easy control functions, a DMX transmitting device that allows the computer to communicate with lighting fixtures. This mini device has all the components and most of the functions of a regular lighting console but is designed to be compact, light, fun, and user friendly.

Video for Senior Design EE497 (project in development) Fall 2020