Anidea Engineering's AEI2000-DMX is a customizable embedded controller for the entertainment and lighting industry that incorporates DMX, Motor, PWM and Triac control with a LCD User Interface and is offered at a competitive price point. For the last 10 years, Anidea Engineering has designed DMX controller boards for lighting and special effects companies, and the company's products are also in use at several theme parks. The AEI2000-DMX is an off-the-shelf board that can be programmed and customized for many types of embedded systems, and is priced from as low as $79.
Snowmasters, Inc. has been using DMX controllers designed by Anidea Engineering for over eight years. Francisco Guerra, Snowmasters president, credited the controller as "easy to integrate and program" while also complimenting Anidea Engineering's customer support.
Designed to fit OEM price ranges, Anidea Engineering's off-the-shelf (COTS) programmable controllers offer a 20 x 2 character backlit LCD display with on board five pin DMX connectors. There are also three channels of PWM output, dual motor drivers, zero-cross AC triac controller, analog input, real time clock, relay output and an expansion port. Four buttons and three LEDs round out the user interface.
The AEI 2000 is stocked in four standard configurations targeted for various markets from professional theatrical equipment to embedded systems. Custom variations can be accommodated in quantities as few as 10 units.
Anidea Engineering also offers application development support at a competitive price, and offers a software development kit for users who wish to program and develop the software application themselves for $329.
For more information, please visit www.anidea-engineering.com.
