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AKA :
C64-controlled Laser-show Project
Released At :
Arok Party 2014
Achievements :
WiLD Demo Competition at Arok Party 2014 : #1
Credits :
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Submitted by Viti on 7 October 2014
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Submitted by Queen bittin on 4 October 2014
| They just showed a new version of this at Function 2014 :) |
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Submitted by Hermit on 8 August 2014
Sorry for the late answer, Conrad, I had net connection issues recently...
-The C64 doesn't need acknowledgement as the laser processes the sent bytes faster than the rate the C64 can send bytes.
-The colors are: 8bit-indexed:
Black = 0, Red = 1, Green = 2, Yellow = 3, Blue = 4, Purple = 5, Cyan = 6, White = 7
Currently only TTL-level (R/G/B on/off) colours & combinations are supported by Viti's laser\projector, but in theory it will be easy in newer versions to store and use more colours in the pre-programmed palette. |
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Submitted by Conrad on 25 July 2014
Quote:3. at $de02: All points (maximum 100..200 of them) are sent in strict 3-byte bunches: colour, X-coordinate, Y-coordinate (each one byte)
How does the C64 side know that the laser HW has recieved the byte, in order to write to $de02 again for the next? Is there some acknowledgement bit used like in the serial bus register? Also, does the colour byte represent an index to a fixed pallette on the laser firmware, or is it an 8-bit RGB value (%-RRGGBB)?
Very interesting concept in any case. :) |
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Submitted by Hermit on 25 July 2014
We thank you for the praising and votes.
@Oswald, and others who are interested in advance before ViTi releases more technical details, the operation of LSR64 in a nutshell (based on ViTi's description):
The sensitive continuous laser-control is performed by a hardware on the expansion-port with an 8-core microcontroller.
There are 2 frame-buffers in the hardware. In one of the frame-buffers one core of the microcontroller keeps sending the stored coordinates with the corresponding colours and timing. Meanwhile in the other frame-buffer another core of the microcontroller receives and processes the X & Y coordinates and colour info, and some control-commands like turning the laser on/off or switching between frame-buffers, etc.
The controlling details (after startup) so far:
1. writing to $de00 memory location: laser-ON/OFF command
2. at $de01: timing-control (speed of mirror-galvanometers in the laser-projector) is set to the laser-projector by default, we don't touch this value in this version. (Smoothness of the projected shapes depends on it.)
3. at $de02: All points (maximum 100..200 of them) are sent in strict 3-byte bunches: colour, X-coordinate, Y-coordinate (each one byte)
For example we can set the laser beam's starting coordinates with 'black,X,Y' combo, then we can draw a red line from it with 'red,X2,Y2' and then continue with a green line from X2-Y2 to X3-Y3 with 'green,X3,Y3' command, etc. etc...
4. at $de03: Sending a 'frame-buffer switch' command. The two frame-buffers get exchanged, in other words: The one which received C64 commands will turn to serve the laser-projector, and the one which sent data previously to the laser-projector starts receiving C64-commands.
Then we repeat the steps from the 3rd step for the upcoming frames again-and-again...
This way we can even display steady pictures from BASIC programs, given that many seconds can elapse between subsequent frame-buffer firings. |
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Submitted by nice on 24 July 2014
| This year's Árok had an especially strong wild compo league. Thank you guys! |
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Submitted by chabee on 24 July 2014
| I watched it live. It was great! C'grat! |
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Submitted by ϵʟʞ on 24 July 2014
| Heh, nice idea! Good work! |
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Submitted by Oswald on 24 July 2014
| awesome! little overview on how it is done ? I'd be interested. |
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Submitted by Shine on 24 July 2014
| Impressive ! Awesome production. Love the music!!! <3 10/10 |
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Submitted by Cruzer on 24 July 2014
| Wow! Would love to see this in realtime. |
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Submitted by Dr.j on 24 July 2014
| OMG this is crazy. what a brilliant work here.. love the vid and the laser movements |
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Submitted by zscs on 24 July 2014
| Wow, I can't find the words... Fantastic work! |
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Submitted by GeoAnas on 24 July 2014
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Submitted by NecroPolo on 24 July 2014
| Watching this project becoming alive on the party was among my top3 scene moments. Thank you guys for that. Maximum respect! |
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Submitted by aNdy on 23 July 2014
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Submitted by Moloch on 23 July 2014
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Submitted by Yogibear on 23 July 2014
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Submitted by DKT on 23 July 2014
Nice stuff. You know how to play... :-)
Thumbs up. |
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Submitted by Hermit on 23 July 2014
This is the entry for ViTi's LSR64 laser-show hardware-software project.
This beautiful hardware-extension was presented at Arok Party 2014.
ViTi developed and created the cartridge (DAC) which controls a colour-laser-beam projector based on the data calculated by the C64 in realtime.
I contributed with a little code to lsr64.prg and my music 'Flash It Back' was taken as the theme-music for this version.
You can see the Youtube-video about the show at Arok Party.
Schematics and microcontroller-codes will be uploaded as soon ViTi brings them in shape for release to the public.
Enjoy! :) |
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9/10 (10 votes) 