The Milkymist One team will do a presentation at XinCheJian on January 11th - register now!
Milkymist One is a video synthesizer to create real-time visual effects from live audio and video input. It can be used as a turnkey solution without any modification. No computer needed. But it doesn't stop there. For more advanced and creative usages, Milkymist One also provides interfaces to:
MIDI devices/controllersDMX512 input/outputOpenSoundControl clientsUSB computer keyboard, mouseInfrared remote control
The simple yet rich Flickernoise Patching (FNP) language allows any individual to create unique and personalized visual effects without requiring any computer programming experience.
Miikymist One can be used in Concerts, Performances, Clubs, Festivals, Installations, Parties, and more.
For hardware and software open source enthusiasts, Milkymist One is the choice of your new development ground.
Hardware features:
XC6SLX45 Spartan-6 FPGA128MB 32-bit DDR400 SDRAM32MB parallel flashVGA output, 24bpp, up to 140MHz pixel clockMulti-standard video input (PAL/SECAM/NTSC)AC'97 audio10/100 EthernetMemory card reader that accepts microSD cardsTwo USB-A receptacles that accept USB peripheralsTwo DMX512 portsMIDI IN and MIDI OUT portsRC5-compatible infrared receiverRS232 debug port JTAG port
Software features:
Flickernoise VJ ApplicationRTEMS real-time operating systemYAFFS flash filesystemVerilog HDL code for Milkymist SOC (LM32 CPU, MIDI, DMX, etc)libpng, libjpeg, openjpeg and jbig2dec image decompression libraries.freetype font rendering system.MuPDF library for the online help system.MTK, a modified version of the Genode FX embedded GUI toolkit.liboscparse, a variant of liblo, for OpenSoundControl communications.
Milkymist One is a mutual effort from it's designer Sébastien Bourdeauducq (http://lekernel.net/), the developers of qi-hardware community (http://en.qi-hardware.com/), and the technology designer and manufacturer Sharism at Work Ltd (https://sharism.cc/milkymist/).
You can find more about Milkymist One at:
http://milkymist.org/http://www.milkymist.org/mmone.htmlhttp://milkymist.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Pagehttp://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Milkymist_One
