For Those Coming to Midwest Haunters Convention

[JonnyMac]

...we will be demonstrating the FC-4+.  I'm super excited, especially after the reception to the HC-8+ at Transworld and what we've done.  Part of the delay in the HC-8+ was creating a common code base that will work for the HC-8+, the FC-4+, and the RC-4+ (in design now).  So far things are going as we hoped.  For the FC-4+ I replaced the DC dimmer with the AC dimmer (which I just got working) and did some fairly minor edits (mostly for number of channels).  Bingo, it works!

We've got some testing to do but those wanting AC lamp control through serial or DMX will have a product very soon.  And, like the HC-8+, the FC-4+ can do simultaneous fades and cross-fades and, of course, we will support "hacking" the board to create your own custom applications for it.

Features:
-- Four AC outputs (300W each)
-- EFX-TEK  and DMX modes
-- bi-directional 1-wire serial for EFX-TEK (or custom) coms
-- half- (e.g. DMX) and full-duplex RS-485 interface
-- DMX address switch
-- two bi-directional TTL IO pins (output high is 3.3v; tolerant of 5v in)