Mover3D: The 3D Printed, DMX Controlled, Desktop Moving Light

This is Mover3D. A 3D printed, moving light, using the industry standard DMX-512 communication protocol for lighting control. Thus, it can plug in to any standard lighting control console, creating the ultimate lighting desk toy.

Mover3D features full RGBW color mixing and 180° of pan and tilt.

This project was designed to be as inexpensive and easy to make as possible, or with whatever parts I had available (hence the quite overkill servos).

Quick warning. This is what I would consider anADVANCED project. There are many elements to this project which have proven to be a bit of a pain. Just something I thought should be mentioned.

Here is a link to the Instructable which details the assembly of Mover3D.

Required Hardware

Links where available. These are what I used, but others may work. Just to note, some of these come in sets, but only 1 or 2 may be required.

(2) standard 40mm sized servos. The ones I used are discontinued, but nearly any of the standard servos will work just fine.

 RGBW LED, with attached heat-sink

Panel mount male 5 pin XLR (DMX) connector

M3 Brass threaded inserts

Assorted M3 Bolts

(2) 608 Bearings

Assorted breadboard wires

Assorted perfboard, for mounting components

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

Arduino Uno (main processor)

RS-485 Transceiver (DMX Reception)

5V Voltage Regulator Transceiver (DMX Transceiver Power Regulation)

(2) 10uF 35VDC Electrolytic Capacitors (Filter Capacitors for 5V Regulator)

(4) 10Ω 2W 5% Resistors (Power Resistors for LED)

(4) 1KΩ .25W 5% Resistors (Current Limiting Resistors for Transistors)

(4) TIP31CG Transistors (Power Control for LED)

(3) Male PCB 3 contact headers (For Servo Connection)

Category: Electronics