Building a Wireless Motorized Fader For Lighting Control
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Summary
Ian Peterson has created a DIY wireless, motorized fader controlled via ESP32 that could be useful for filmmakers and theatre production crews.
Named the OSCillator, it references Open Sound Control platform, commonly used in lighting consoles to enable motors to adjust fader positions wirelessly.
The ESP32 reads the fader and button positions, sending appropriate commands to other lighting devices, while also listening to adjust the fader position on lighting console controls.
Whilst not a new concept, having such a customisable, motorized fader controller could provideremote control over lighting cues and provide a visual reference of positions whilst not impacting physically on an overall console layout.
