"Blitzen 24" E1.31 Pixel Light Controller Updates thread.

Creating a new thread dedicated to progress on my pixel light controller.

Older information can be found here and here

Source code and up to the moment project status can be seen here.

The past few weeks I have completed the E1.31 configuration via web browser:
 

Additionally, I have adopted a "Running Config" and "Boot Config" type of paradigm for the controller, like you would see with Cisco IOS. This allows you to tweek the settings and can return to what you started with by power cycling. You can also download and upload the configuration via web browser. Configuration is stored on the SD card.

The last core functionality missing is configuring the outputs for 400khz and 800khz, as well as pixel color order.

At this time, I do not think I want to support RGBW pixels.

If anyone is interested in contributing to the project, please reach out. I have a spare W6100.

--Terry

Thanks @msrobots !

Thanks for the info Henrique!

It is mid-July and I haven't finished board layout. I need to get that complete. I added the OLED code, so that you will know the IP address of the Blitzen upon boot. It also displays the MAC address, and has icons for E1.31 status and Ethernet status.

The E1.31 icon is red if no E1.31 packets are received in the past second, green if it has, and yellow if there were any discards. Discards are E1.31 packets where the destination universe is not known to the Blitzen and is discarded.

The Ethernet icon is red if disconnected, yellow if link is down, and green if both cable is plugged in and link is up.

Counters were added to the homepage that count received E1.31 packets and discards.