Customized PCB – LARCH

LARCH was one of the first installations I built. It was an installation in which there were limitations for composition and scale. There had to be a solution for this.  

 

We then took a good look at the entire installation and looked at where the limitation lay. It soon became clear that the technical system was the limitation. The master cabinet from which everything is controlled had a limited output.  

 

From that point we started brainstorming and drawing. From this, the custom-built PCB for LARCH emerged.   

There were a few aspects that had to be taken into account. For example, there is already a whole design for LARCH that needs to be taken into account, and the technical part should be as compact as possible since we decided to hide it away in the wooden blocks that LARCH consists of.   

The PCB developed in conjunction with the code ensures that the randomness of LARCH is maintained and improved. It is a 12V circuit in which we work with 5 pin DMX to also conduct the voltage to the LED. The PCB then sends one of the programs to the LED.  

 

The circuit is written so that a random time is given to all PCB that are in the same circuit. The PCB with the least random time will then respond first and choose a randomly written story line. This ”Conductor” PCB plays the storyline and all other PCBs in the circuit will respond to it with the same storyline. As soon as the random program is finished, all PCBs are reset again and then the first PCB that has played its round time again gets to choose from the different story lines.