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Lancaster AQS show & New Patterns!!
My husband Ed and I were recently out in Lancaster, PA, for an AQS show and just had a blast. It was fun to get back out on the road again! It is always nice to catch up with old friends, and we love meeting and talking with new people who stop by the booth. We were like busy little worker bees for the month leading up to the show, putting together kits, patterns, and creating 4 new patterns and updating our
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Feels like Spring (at least for a little bit)!
Typically right now in Iowa we would have lots of snow and freezing cold temperatures, but lately we have been spoiled with lots of sunshine and warmer weather! I know it might not stick around long so we are appreciating it while it lasts! With the warm weather, comes the urge to do some spring cleaning! Having a predominately mail order business, we do not have to worry about how the shop looks most of the time, but with a class coming from a nearby University, that all had to change! Kayt and I have been like busy little worker bees organizing and cleaning! As daunting of a task as it seemed, by taking it one section at a time, it has not been too bad! I am lucky that I have Kaytlyn who loves cleaning and organizing, and a husband who is eager to do whatever we ask him to do! One day Kaytlyn could tell I was a little overwhelmed about getting another shipment of fabric in because we had no place to put it...so what did she and Ed do...they built a whole wall of shelves that afternoon...now known as "The Gallery"!! These two help get me excited to get things done! With all of us working we can tackle a lot! There is still more to do, but for now we at least have a start! This gets us excited to continue designing more fabric and patterns! We have lots in the works so stay tuned for sneak peaks of what we are working on!
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What a great gift to give…"A Flair for Fabric."
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The gift that keeps on giving!!
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This book is filled with projects that would be wonderful to make for Christmas gifts. They range in skill level...from pillow cases to place mats and quilts, with a mix of patchwork and applique. There is something for everyone. Along with the great projects, you will learn the secrets the designers use to create their fabric lines and find out what inspires them to create.
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I'm looking at another crop of press releases and marveling at the ever-expanding market for products that fall under the ubiquitous heading of Big Data. Big Data is everywhere. (Or is it Big Data are everywhere – to reprise that classic quandary?) Gigantic file storage appliances from vendors like Oracle and HP and software tools like Apache Hadoop continually add new building blocks to the data infrastructure. And the goal of all this? Apart from more conventional uses for scientific modeling and analysis, one of the reasons for this huge interest in accumulating data is a phenomenon known as data mining, which Wikipedia defines as a process that "attempts to discover patterns in large data sets."
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§ 1910.34Coverage and definitions.
(a) Every employer is covered.
(b) Exit routes are covered.
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§ 1910.35Compliance with Alternate Exit Route Codes.
§ 1910.36Design and construction requirements for exit routes.
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(d) An exit door must be unlocked.
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(b) Lighting and marking must be adequate and appropriate.
(c) The fire retardant properties of paints or solutions must be maintained.
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There are a growing number of back-to-school options for boosting your scientific knowledge and career potential – whatever your background
You have a degree, a job, and a steady paycheck. But whether you're a lab tech, an engineer, or a research scientist, you wonder if there's a little more in store for your career. So what's required to push you to new heights? A few online classes? What about on-the-job training, or a short course at a conference? Or, do you need to return to school, full time?
These are the questions that Javier Conde-Vancells grappled with as a postdoctoral fellow in biology, studying liver diseases at the University of Texas at Austin. "In academia, I always had the feeling that I wasn't close enough to the application of what I was doing," he says. "I wanted that excitement of putting a product in the market."
Luckily for Conde-Vancells, scientists in the US – and around the world – have a dizzying array of options when it comes to ways to pick up new skills, learn a new field, or get a new degree. The best path, however, depends on your goals.
When a PhD is the key
"Science is still an industry that has a high regard and respect for education, and specifically graduate-level education," says Lynn Langer of the Center for Biotechnology Education at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Massachusetts. A PhD, often followed by one or more postdoctoral fellowships, is the well-trodden road to a research career in either academic or commercial science.
But the average science PhD takes seven years – not including postdoctoral fellowships – and a third of graduates are left with student debt. Those are big commitments, particularly as a recent National Science Foundation report revealed that only 16 per cent of science and engineering PhDs found a tenure-track job three years after graduation. PhDs do have a lower unemployment rate than the general public, but it's this sense of job shortage that sometimes sends scientists back to school.
"There are too many PhDs out there, and academia cannot absorb all of us," says Conde-Vancells.
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Having already invested years in a graduate education, Conde-Vancells settled on a part-time, online, master of biotechnology enterprise and entrepreneurship program run by Johns Hopkins. The degree armed him with business skills while he was finishing his postdoctoral fellowship in Texas.
Langer, who helps run the master's-level program, says more institutions are beginning to offer such focused but flexible courses. "It's a new twenty-first century degree," she says. "It's really for scientists who want to expand their career options."
It worked for Conde-Vancells. After developing a full biotechnology marketing plan in class, the same task came up in a job interview for UK biotech company Abcam a few months later. "I directly used the experience I'd gotten from the project," he says. Just prior to his graduation from Johns Hopkins, he joined Abcam as a product marketing specialist.
Susanne Tranguch also sought a life outside the lab. She received a PhD in cell biology from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, but didn't feel her research role was conducive to family life. She found a job editing grants at New York University (NYU), but like many scientists she didn't want to stop learning.
"I figured that an MBA [master's in business administration] would expand my scope and let me see how things work from a broader perspective," she says. NYU helped cover the costs of Tranguch's part-time program at the NYU Stern School of Business, where she graduated last year.
Around two-thirds of employers offer some form of tuition assistance or reimbursement for graduate-level courses or programs. Scientists working at universities may be able to get subsidized classes at their own institution, while those working in industry have a wider choice, but usually have to continue working at their company for a period after they finish school. In both cases, though, classes must be squeezed into an often already-busy work schedule.
Tranguch believes an MBA can teach scientists to take greater control of their careers. "I can speak both languages now – science and business. That is a real asset, regardless of where your career leads," she says.
However, skilling up needn't mean changing jobs, or committing to hefty obligations outside lab hours. Scientific associations, society and conferences around the country sponsor a huge array of single- to five-day courses, with the American Chemical Society alone offering more than 70, on topics from spectroscopy to leadership. The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, even offers a new week-long "whole scientist" course covering science communication, entrepreneurship, teaching, mentoring and laboratory management skills.
Scientists looking to dip their toes into another field entirely can find degrees, certificates and individual college classes offering paths to science roles in public relations, teaching, medicine, or patent law.
Such intermediary courses are also open to people entering science from other backgrounds. After losing her father to cancer, Dawn Smith began working with a cancer-support non-profit in her free time. She had degrees in telecommunications and school counseling and was working as an academic advisor at a community college, but soon felt a calling to work in science and healthcare full time.
"I knew that to get any type of position in the healthcare industry, I would need to prove that I had some body of knowledge beyond my personal experience with cancer," Smith says. She enrolled in a MOOC – a massive open online course – in pharmacology. More than 1,200 MOOCs are available from hundreds of academic institutions around the world. MOOCs are largely free – some charge for accreditation, but not attendance – and to date they have attracted more than 8 million student registrations.
MOOCs can be a useful introduction to a field or even highly specialized graduate courses that are offered at only a few universities around the world. "You can have amazing access to education that wasn't available a few years ago," says Jonathan Tomkin, a professor at the University of Illinois in Chicago, whose MOOC on global sustainability was taken by more than 35,000 people the first time it was offered. "And right now, it's an order of magnitude cheaper than any other option."
However, employers might not feel such courses carry the intellectual clout of a traditional, full-time degree. MOOCs also have a high drop-out rate, which some researchers have attributed to the lack of face-to-face contact inherent in an online course. Smith, though, stuck with her pharmacology class and believes it helped her land a new job and progress in it – she's now the director of communications for the University of Illinois Cancer Center.
"If you're a scientist and you want to leave the laboratory, there are certainly multiple avenues you can go down," says Langer. For scientists looking at life beyond the lab bench, or those hoping to dive into science for the first time, the range of options from master's to MOOCs means there are plenty of options to dip their toes – or fully immerse themselves – in a new field.
The choice is yours
The course that's right for you depends on what you want to achieve just as much as the time and money you can invest
Pros: Provides a wide range of course options on a flexible schedule and for low – or no – cost.
Cons: Without money or grades on the line, MOOCs lack sticking power. Almost half who sign up never begin a class, says Jonathan Tomkin, a professor at the University of Illinois, and as many as 90 per cent don't graduate.
Best for: Self-starters. The insight a MOOC can give into a new field might help you work out your job options or learn new skills to integrate into your current career.
Cost: Generally free. Some MOOCs offer the opportunity to pay $30-$100 to get an official certificate of completion.
Short course
Pros: Offers specific, focused, technical knowledge geared toward advancing working scientists' careers. There are hundreds on offer, from lab skills to introductions to new fields.
Cons: It's more expensive than a MOOC, and is not as flexible to your schedule.
Best for: Learning a specific new skill or technology directly from an expert – without being limited to video conferences.
Cost: Up to a few thousand dollars. However, you could find assistance from a sponsoring society, or if the course is offered by your institution.
MBA / Business degree
Pros: Gives scientists a way to gain heavyweight business qualifications, with great networking opportunities.
Cons: It's at least as expensive as a graduate degree per year. Fewer fellowships and scholarships are available, too. An increasing number are flexible, or have online components, but most require many months of committed work.
Best for: Those serious about business. You can't pick up advanced finance on the fly.
Cost: The average in-state tuition at a public university is just over $20,000 and this can be more than $50,000 at a private school.
Doctorate program
Pros: Provides in-depth knowledge and laboratory experience and sets you on the track to a research career. Good job prospects after graduation.
Cons: The longest time commitment of them all, often along with debt, despite funding being available to help out.
Best for: Anyone serious about a career in academic or industry science, or who wants to run a lab.
Cost: Average tuition and fees for graduate school are around $16,000 per year. Graduate students in the sciences often find grants and fellowships that cover a portion of their expenses.
Sarah C. P. Williams is a writer based in Hawaii
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Bowen was strictly a catch and shoot type player. Had no shot off the dribble, couldn't create his own shot and wouldn't drive. He was a great defensive player tho but for the minutes he got it was evident that he was not a major part of the offense. Ross can create his own shot, has the ability to drive and finish (even though he could do it a bit more), and has a good three and mid range already.
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Two weeks ago, in an impromptu conversation with a handful of reporters at the major league owners' meetings in suburban Phoenix, Dodgers manager Joe Torre was asked about his team's second-base situation, the question coming at a time when it didn't appear the club had much interest in bringing back any of the incumbents.
"We're going to give Blake DeWitt a shot at playing there,'' Torre said, with a sigh.
Torre's words were direct and straightforward. It was his sigh that was hard to read.
Was it a sigh of resignation, meaning the relatively untested DeWitt was being given the job because there were no alternatives? Was it a sigh that said Torre wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea of an everyday second baseman who has appeared in all of 29 big-league games at that position, including a grand total of two last year?
Blake DeWitt
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Or was it a sigh that said there is no way to keep this kid down anymore, that after two years of constantly shuttling back and forth between the big leagues and Triple-A Albuquerque, and doing it without complaint, the former first-round draft pick out of tiny Sikeston, Mo., had finally forced his way into a starting job?
Well, it was probably a combination of all those. By all appearances, Dodgers officials are perfectly at ease with having DeWitt as their primary second baseman. But what they aren't perfectly at ease with is putting all their second-base eggs into DeWitt's still very inexperienced basket.
It was partly for that reason that the club re-signed veteran Ronnie Belliard on Tuesday, agreeing to terms on a one-year, $825,000 contract with performance bonuses that would pay him up to an additional $250,000. For Belliard to max out on those, though, DeWitt probably will have to falter somewhere along the way, whether it be by failing to win the everyday job in spring training or failing to succeed once the season begins.
For now, this appears to be the scenario: DeWitt will compete this spring with Belliard and veteran utility man Jamey Carroll, who signed earlier this winter for two years and $3.85 million. All indications are that DeWitt is the guy everybody is rooting for, partly because he is the only left-handed batter in the group and partly because he is the only one of the three who conceivably could make six starts a week.
Carroll will turn 36 before spring training, while Belliard will turn 35 a couple of days after the season opener.
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But if DeWitt doesn't nail down the job in spring training, he'll head right back to where he has headed no fewer than seven times over the past two seasons, to Triple-A. That would leave Belliard and Carroll to split the starts at second base and probably leave the Dodgers' bench at least somewhat depleted because of the positional versatility that both Belliard (first, second and third) and Carroll (second, third, short and outfield) possess.
DeWitt "needs the at-bats, and he needs them at either level,'' Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said. "He'll have a chance to make the club, but if he [does], he'll have to be able to have enough at-bats to stay sharp and stay fresh. Carroll can play less and still be effective, and so can Ronnie. But Blake has to play.''
So if nothing else, DeWitt, 24, can count on being the everyday second baseman somewhere. But somehow, the job just isn't as glamorous in Albuquerque, N.M.
For his part, DeWitt, at least outwardly, has been unfazed by this strange odyssey he has been on for the past couple of seasons. This is the same guy who began spring training in 2008 in minor-league camp and ended it at Dodger Stadium, as the opening-day third baseman against San Francisco when Nomar Garciaparra started the season on the disabled list.
DeWitt hit .303 for his first two months in the majors.
The Belliard signing was curious in its timing. After all, if the Dodgers were interested in bringing him back, why did they wait until three weeks before spring training to do it? The answer is the same as it seemingly always is where the Dodgers are concerned these days: It was all about the money. Belliard had just completed a two-year, $3.5 million deal he had originally signed with Washington, and he was believed to be seeking at least a $2 million salary for this season when the winter began.
Apparently, no one was interested in paying him that much, so he eventually fell into the Dodgers' price range. If that hadn't happened, the Dodgers would have proceeded with DeWitt and Carroll, possibly as a straight left-right platoon that still would have given DeWitt a majority of the starts. One thing the club was not interested in doing was re-signing Hudson, who finished last season in an offensive slump that happened to begin right around the time Belliard was acquired from the Nationals on Aug. 30.
Belliard, who hit .351 with a .398 on-base percentage for the Dodgers, eventually stole the job and started all eight of the club's postseason games. Hudson, who had been an All-Star earlier in the summer, finished up on the bench, bristling at the indignity of it all, according to several sources.
If DeWitt can take care of business in spring training, the Dodgers figure to have a fairly strong bench again. They also re-signed veteran backup catcher Brad Ausmus to a one-year, $1 million deal on Tuesday. And while they still don't have a left-handed pinch hitter, Carroll's ability to fill a backup outfield spot could free the Dodgers up to re-sign veteran Doug Mientkiewicz, technically as a seventh infielder but mostly as that lefty off the bench.
So, while the Belliard signing might seem superfluous at first glance, it actually changes the Dodgers' landscape in many ways going into spring training. Add to that last week's re-signing of Vicente Padilla to fill out the starting rotation, and the club probably has at least regained favorite status in the National League West.
That, of course, means nothing in January. But if nothing else, there are more reasons to believe in the Dodgers than there were, say, two weeks ago.
Tony Jackson covers the Dodgers for ESPNLosAngeles.com.
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Lispyscript is Javascript using a 'Lispy' syntax, and compiles to Javascript.
An inherent problem with Javascript is that it has no macro support, like other Lisp like languages. That's because macros manipulate the syntax tree while compiling. And this is next to impossible in a language like Javascript. In LispyScript we write Javascript in a tree structure. If you know Javascript and a Lisp like language, then using LispyScript will be a breeze. Even if you don't know a Lispy Language, all you need to learn is to write code in a tree structure.
(console.log "Hello LispyScript!")
A LispyScript program is made up of expressions in parenthesis. The first element in the expression is a function or a LispyScript keyword. The rest of the elements (separated by space characters) are the arguments to the function. As you can see above we can directly access javascript functions from LispyScript.
A more intricate Hello World!
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You can have expressions within expressions.
An anonymous function in LispyScript.
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The first element in an expression can be an anonymous function.
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That was the anonymous function above evaluated immediately with argument 2. Functions return the last expression evaluated within the function.
You can set a variable name to a function.
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All Javascript functions, objects and literals can be used in LispyScript.
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If you noticed we passed a Javascript literal array as the first argument to 'forEach'. You could just as well have passed in '{one: 1, two: 2, three: 3}' instead.
You can access object methods and properties using the "." notation.
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ie. If the first element of an expression starts with a ".", it's considered as a property of the second element, and the expresion evaluates to the property.
You can also use the 'get' expression to access a property of an object.
(console.log (get "greet" {greet: "hello"}))
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LispyScript is not a dialect of Lisp. There is no list processing in LispyScript . LispyScript is Javascript using a Lispy syntax (a tree syntax). This is so that we can manipulate the syntax tree while compiling, in order to support macros.
You can define a macro.
(macro array? (obj)
(= (toString.call ~obj) "[object Array]"))
The 'array?' conditional is defined as a macro in LispyScript. The 'macro' expression takes a name as its second element, a parameters list in the third element, and the fourth element is the template to which the macro will expand.
Now let us create a Lisp like 'let' macro in LispyScript.
(macro let (names vals rest...)
((function ~names ~rest...) ~@vals))
(let (name email tel) ("John" "email@example.com" "555-555-5555")
(console.log name)
(console.log email)
(console.log tel))
The "let" macro creates lexically scoped variables with initial values. It does this by creating an anonymous function whose argument names are the required variable names, sets the variables to their initial values by calling the function immediately with the values. The macro also wraps the required code inside the function.
Now lets look at the call to the 'let' macro. 'names' will correspond to '(name email tel)'. 'rest...' corresponds to '(console.log name) (console.log email) (console.log tel)', which is the rest of the expressions after vals. We want to dereference these values in the macro template, and we do that with '~names', '~rest...'. However 'vals' corresponds to ("John" "email@example.com" "555-555-5555"). But thats not the way we want to dereference it. We need to dereference it without the parenthesis. For that we use '~@vals'.
We don't really need 'let' in LispyScript. We have 'var'. But if you need it, you can extend LispyScript by adding this macro to your code. Thats the power of macros. You can extend the language itself or create your own domain specific language.
Clone the repository into a folder.
Add "path/to/lispiscript/bin" to your path.
Typing "lispy" into the command prompt will open a simple REPL.
Typing "lispy test.ls" will compile "test.ls" into "test.js" in the same folder.
Type "lispy src/test.ls lib/test.js" to be more explicit.
null?, undefined?, boolean?, number?, string?, object?, array?, function?, =, !=, !, >, <, <=, >=, +, -, *, /, %, &&, ||.
"=" and "!=" work like "===" and "!==" in Javascript.
Adds up all the strings.
(var title "My Home Page")
(str "<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>" title "</title>

Hello World
In LispyScript double quoted strings are multiline strings. As you can see above they span multiple lines. If you need a double quote inside the string, escape it with ".
If takes a conditional expression and evaluates the true expression if the condition is true, or the false expression otherwise.
The do statement evaluates a set of expressions passed as it arguments.
The when statement evaluates a set of expressions passed as it arguments when the condition is true.
The unless statement evaluates a set of expressions passed as it arguments when the condition is false.
each is just a macro that expands to the native 'forEach' function. So it will not work in old browsers. For backwards compatibility use a library like 'underscore.js'.
(each [1, 2, 3]
(function (elem index list)
(console.log elem)))
The above example using underscore.js.
(var _ (require 'underscore'))
(_.each [1, 2, 3]
(function (elem index list)
(console.log elem)))
map is just a macro that expands to the native 'map' function. So it will not work in old browsers. For backwards compatibility use a library like 'underscore.js'.
reduce is just a macro that expands to the native 'reduce' function. So it will not work in old browsers. For backwards compatibility use a library like 'underscore.js'.
Creates an anonymous function.
Try takes a set of expressions and evaluates them. The last expression must be a function, that will be called in case an exception is thrown. The function is called with the error object.
(var fs (require 'fs'))
(var outfile "text.txt")
(fs.writeFileSync outfile "Hello World")
(function (err)
(console.log (+ "Cannot write file " outfile)
(process.exit 1)))
(var link
(template (data)
"
" (.text data) "
\n"))
(var page
(template (title links)
"<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>" title "</title>

"
(reduce links (function (memo elem) (+ memo (link elem))) "")
(page "My Home Page"
[{href:"/about", text:"About"},
{href:"/products", text:"Products"},
{href:"/contact", text:"Contact"}]))
Includes a file to be compiled with this compilation unit.
Comments in LispyScript start with a "#" and span the rest of the line.


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A lighting system with a digital micromirror device which forms a digital godo system that is controllable on a pixel level. The device includes a number of sensitive electronic elements. The device is controlled by two different controllers: a digital signal processor which is effectively the number crunching portion, and a controller, which controls the functions of the light. The controller also logs errors into a registery, such as a non-volatile memory. A field programmable gate array is used for a number of purposes, including to form the ports. One of those ports is a tech port, which is used to detect status of the light such as faults.
1. A digital light, comprising:
a memory, which stores a library of data items, each said data item including a plurality of pixels which can be used to drive a digital light altering device, and at least one of said data items defining a shape which shapes a light beam;
a video driver, responsive to a selected data item, operating to produce an output which can control a digital light altering device; and
a selector receiving part, which allows remote selection of one of said data items from said memory, and causes said one of said data items to be output via said video driver as an output signal indicative of an effect indicated by the remote selection.
2. A light as in
3. A digital light as in
4. A digital light as in
5. A digital light as in
6. A digital light as in
7. A light as in
8. A method, comprising:
storing a plurality of pixel level information sets in a memory;
receiving a remotely-issued command, for one of said pixel level information sets, from said memory;
responsive to said command, retrieving said pixel level information sets from said memory,
sharing a data bus between said memory and the video driver, and using the shared data bus to send the pixel level information from said memory to said video driver; and
using said video driver to control a digital light altering device which is in the path of a light beam, to shape the light beam.
9. A method as in
10. A method as in
11. A method, comprising:
storing a library of data items, each said data item being a plurality of pixels which can be used to drive a digital light altering device, and at least one of said data items being a shape which shapes a light beam;
using a video driver, responsive to a selected data item, to produce an output which can control a digital light altering device; and
remotely selecting of one of said data items from said memory, and causing said one of said data items to be output via said video driver as an output signal indicative of an effect indicated by the remotely selecting.
12. A light as in
13. A digital light as in
This application is a divisional of and claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/038,182, filed Oct. 24, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,617,792, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/756,037, filed Jan. 5, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,515,435, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/145,313, filed Aug. 31, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,208,087.
The present invention describes improvements in a digital mirror stage lighting system. More specifically, the present invention describes techniques which are used to improved operation in the special environment produced by the digital mirror stage lighting system.
Stage lighting systems have increased in complexity in recent years. It is desirable to be able to change literally any aspect of the beam projected by a stage light from a remote location. Light & Sound Design, the assignee of the present application, have suggested in other patents and applications that many of these issues couple be improved by a stage lighting system that uses an active, x, y addressable element with a digital micromirror device ("DMD") available from Texas Instruments. These devices use an array of controllable mirrors to selectively reflect light in pixel units. These devices have also been called digital mirror, digital light processor (DLP), and other names. Light can be selectively reflected in units of picture elements or pixels. This allows total control of light shape and certain other characteristics. Other devices which are controllable to selectively change characteristics of pixels of light, such as a grating light valve (GLV), can also be used for this purpose.
These concepts are disclosed in several pending patent applications of Light & Sound Design, including Ser. No. 08/854,353, the disclosures of which are herewith incorporated by reference to the extent necessary for proper understanding.
The pixel based light processors, however, themselves produces certain issues, including control issues and cooling issues. The present disclosure describes these and other issues which were found to exist, and describes certain solutions found by the inventors to combat these issues.
A number of aspects are described according to the present invention, and the following summary explains at least some of these aspects.
A first aspect includes control of the digital mirror device (DMD) and other associated operations. The control is typically completely digital, and many of the operations are carried out entirely mathematically. Therefore, a distributed control with a first control element that carries out mathematical calculations and a second control element which is optimized for control is desirable.
According to an aspect of the embodiment, the second control element is affected out entirely by a programmable gate array, such as a field programmable gate array or similar configurable device. A particularly preferred embodiment reconfigures the device after bulb startup, to avoid noise danger during the bulb startup.
Another aspect is that the digital mirror has loses a certain amount of light. This has required brighter, and hence more power intensive, bulbs. One aspect of this invention is relates to how the operation occurs to keep the heat of the bulb and ignition of the bulb from affecting the other subsystems.
The great amount of heat has produced the need for advanced cooling techniques. However, the digital mirror has specialized temperature requirements. According to this aspect, a pulse-driven thermo-electric cooler is used and the pulse width to the cooler is changed to change the amount of cooling.
Other aspects of this invention describe the way in which the control element carries out the operation.
These and other aspects of the invention will now be described in detail with respect to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The video is controlled by a digital signal processor 150, in this case, a 320C80. The digital signal processor ("DSP") 150 carries out certain operations under control of the user. DSP 150 also includes two different kinds of slave memory, a flash memory 152 which includes the main program for the DSP 150 and which also includes certain shapes for various controlled lights. Certain information is also stored in synchronous DRAM 154. On start up, the initial program is transferred from flash memory 152 into the sync DRAM 154 and used to control the digital signal processor 150 and certain other aspects of the electronics. The video device produces an output in the form used by the DLP board 114.
Serial port 114 is connected to receive data from the controlled console 116. This data can be sent in any desired serial format and the information is placed on the main data bus 160. Another serial port 118 is an RS-485 bus driver to form the motor control bus which is described further herein. An IIC port 120 is also formed for other communication operation.
Serial data from the console 116 received via a serial port 114 is input directly to the master digital signal processor ("DSP") 150, which is preferably a Texas Instruments multimedia video processor ("MVP") model number TMS320C80. DSP 150 uses the information to provide a serial port output which is converted to RS-485 protocol by bus driver serial port driver 118. The motor control bus is preferably an RS485 bus which controls and communicates with each of the motor subsystems as described in our copending applications.
Each of the motor control subsystems is a separated unit including all of the hardware necessary to control its associated motor and other hardware according to applied commands. The motor control subsystem includes a dedicated control structure. For example, a pan/tilt motor subsystem includes all controlling structure for the motor, and the motor itself. This combination allows a modular operation, precise matching between components, and more accurate calibration.
Master DSP 150 has primary responsibility for controlling operations of the lamp including control of the DMD. This latter operation requires computation of complex operations to provide control information for the DMD. At times, these calculations leave little time for the master DSP 150 to do much else.
A separate supervisor system 199 has primary responsibility for monitoring status of the lamp and making decisions based on that status. Supervisor 199 is also connected to the motor control bus. Supervisor 199 is preferably a microcontroller as described herein. The microcontroller monitors status of the subsystems including the master. The microcontroller can also control the motor control bus when the determined status makes that appear desirable or necessary.
Unlike digital signal processor 150, however, the microcontroller is a very technically simple device, adapted for watching the bus and other devices, and monitoring for errors. The microcontroller carries out minimal number crunching; its primary function is to protect and diagnose faults. The supervisor also controls various other functions in the system.
The supervisor 199 monitors the output of temperature sensors to monitor and control various temperatures within the system. Supervisor 199 is also connected to the ballast of the lamp to monitor the condition and operation of the ballast. Finally, supervisor 199 receives possible program parameters from flash memory unit 152.
The operation of the DMD 100 is controlled by master DSP 156 to form any light shape which can be described as a plurality of pixels. A library of possible shapes is stored in image SDRAM 154.
The serial communications device 114 can also be a dual port RAM with a mailbox. In this case, the information is set into the RAM, and is flagged. The DSP 150 monitors for new data by investigating the flag to determine whether the flag is set. Whenever the flag is set, DSP 150 retrieves the new information from the RAM and appropriately processes it.
As described above, many of the control device structures can be effected using a field programmable gate array 110. More specifically, any communications port or communications driver, and/or any and all output buffers are preferably formed by reconfiguration of the FPGA. The structures can be described using hardware definition language "HDL" or each of the electronic structures can be configured. Many various canned configurations for FPGAs are well known.
The operation of the system is controlled according to the flowchart of
After the reset at step 202, the DSP main loop is running. The DSP main loop then sends a command to configure the FPGA 110 at step 204. The command to configure the FPGA 110 causes the FPGA to form the different logical blocks shown in
When the ignite lamp command is received at step 208, a corresponding command is sent to the supervisor subsystem indicating same at step 210. The supervisor is a low level system, as described above, which is optimized for control of faults. The supervisor has overall control of many of the reset functions, and at step 212, initiates a responsive reset. This includes including a break on the motor control bus, holding all the serial come ports in reset, and commanding all boards attached to the supervisor into a hard reset state. The operations in step 212 are done to prepare the system for the inevitable electromagnetic pulse that will be produced by the striking of the bulb. Once all of the above is completed, at step 214, the supervisor program is halted, and the lamp is ignited. This ignition uses a special subprogram during which no other operations are carried out.
The supervisor, as described above, is optimized for lower level operations and monitoring; compared with the higher level number crunching operations which are carried out by digital signal processor 150. A block diagram of the supervisor is shown in
An external interface to supervisor 199 is provided by the tech port 310. The tech port 310 is connected to a tech port interface 312 which connects to the microcontroller through a UART. The tech port enables certain operations of the lamp to be individually controlled through the simplified serial interface.
An optional indicator subsystem 320 provides indications of power, data, and error for the operation of the lamp.
Ballast interface 330 connects to the lamp ballast and controls its operation.
The tech port also includes temperature sensor interface 340. The temperature sensors connect to that interface. An IIC bus driver is also provided as element 350.
The microcontroller uses associated RAM 360 and real time clock, which is battery powered by battery 362.
The microcontroller 8051 also includes an RS-485 interface 370 which forms a motor control bus ("MCB").
As described above, many of the features of the supervisor including the interface elements 312/314, 350 and 370 can be configured out of a field programmable gate array.
The IIC bus 352 connects to a number of different devices, including ROM 354 which includes the yoke serial number, another memory including the head serial number, information indicative of the ballast serial number and the temperature sensor, and the like.
The supervisor tracks bulb life by storing an indication of bulb changing along with the current time stamp, each time a new bulb is placed into service. Time stamps for other events are also stored. The supervisor also keeps track of certain events, including removal of certain subsystems. It is presumed that these subsystems are serviced when removed. All of this information is stored in a system "registry" in EEPROM 354.
Certain changes which cannot be automatically detected, such as the time since bulb change, are manually entered into the registry through the tech port 310.
The information in the registry can be read by the serial device over tech port 310.
An alterative embodiment allows the information to be commanded to be displayed by the lamp itself as a diagnostic gobo. A lamp display command causes the messages to be converted to fonts and used to control the DMD 100 to display the text error message by shaping the text light output. This allows detecting the contents of the registry without a dedicated display terminal using the existing digital light altering device as a display mechanism. This effectively uses the gobo function of pixel-level addressable device to form a diagnostic function.
The supervisor has a number of operating modes including the initialization mode, locking mode, general task mode, error mode, and technician mode. Each of these modes will be described with reference to the flowchart of
The supervisor is initially started in the initialization mode. This mode can use any number of specific internal self tests. The self tests are well known in the art, and are shown generically as step 400. The internal tests include, but are not limited to, the following:
If the device completes all these tests, control passes to the next mode called the logging mode. The supervisor continually logs certain error messages. Step 402 shows a 2-second interrupt driven output routine. The output routine outputs temperature data and bulb run time every 2 seconds. The error messages can be output every 2 seconds. An alternate technique outputs all data changes as they occur. The output preferably occurs via the tech port 310 although alternately output can be carried out in some other way.
The internal motors of the lamp are also monitored for error messages over the MCB. Each drive module can produce either an error message or a lack of response. Either the error message or the lack of response can be taken as an error.
Certain errors are considered fatal errors and detected at step 406. For example, over-temperature errors are considered to be fatal, and certain failed movement errors can be considered as fatal. If a fatal error is determined at step 406, then the bulb is turned off at step 408 to prevent damage, or an erratically-acting lamp unit. An errant light will produce much less visual anomalies if not properly illuminated.
Once the system is placed into the error mode at step 408, it remains that way until the technician takes control of the fixture using the tech port terminal.
The general task processing loop begins at step 410 with reading temperature sensors and error messages and outputting these values to the tech port as necessary. A number of operations are carried out during these general tasks. The lamp is also carefully monitored.
Each time through the loop, the general tasks shown generally as step 412 are also. carried out. These general tasks include:
At any time during the operation, the technician can take control of the system, shown as step 420. Normal operation of the lamp is suspended when the technician takes control. This is shown as step 422 which requires a halt when the technician mode is detected at step 420. In technician mode, the system allows:
In the tech mode, various errors can also be detected and displayed. Each error code has an associated tech string used to describe the error in plain but abbreviated English. This tech string is transmitted through the serial port 312 to the hand held terminal for display. Various tests are described herein.
The following list details certain types and categories of errors that can be detected. This allows the technician to determine if those errors are fatal or non-fatal.
IIC Bus Start Condition Test
Definition of errors details how they are detected and if they are fatal or non-fatal. This would require outlining how the operator will perceive the error.
The preferred hand held terminal for the tech port is a micropalm 1200 which has a 320�200 pixel display with gray scale.
The terminal allows different operations to be displayed.
Operation over the tech port allows the following operations.
Diagnostic Mode
Control the lamp using the displayed menu allowing:
A test chase can also be done, with the facility to turn individual functions on and off as required.
Service Mode
This allows downloading of memory contents at a service department and is to be done automatically by placing the terminal into a cradle with the data being collected onto a PC.
Each error condition that can be detected will either be FATAL or NON-FATAL and will have a text message string associated with it used to describe the error in English. This section lists all the errors so a decision can be made to the type of error and corresponding message.
Another operation which can be carried out is the diagnostic gobo. This allows the system to be monitored from the console. Specifically, since the digital mirror device can arrange the shape of light into any desired shape, it can include font shapes. This enables the technician to use the console to focus the image on a screen or any suitable surface. Lamp status can then be seen by the fonts which are prestored and projected by the fixture. This enables checking an entire system relatively quickly.
The same error handling techniques are used, and in this case, the DSP 250 can store font information. This enables projecting the diagnostic gobo information. Of course, certain faults may prevent the diagnostic gobo from operating. For example, if the DSP is not working or if zoom or focus has a problem, then the image is not readable. Failure of pan and tilt may prevent moving the lamp to a position where it is viewable. Moreover, any fatal error will cause the lamp to turn off, hence preventing the image from being seen.
If the lamp can be seen, however, any desired error could be presented. This can include details of custom gobo pallets, lamp status, and bulb life. A non-exclusive list of different errors and their status follows.
Another embodiment is shown in
The solution, illustrated in
The overall structure is shown in
In operation, incoming light 610 bounces off the front surface 612 of the DMD. A certain amount of this light is converted to heat which hence travels from the front surface.
The back surface 614 of the DMD is coated with thermally conducting paste 616. This past 616 provides a thermal bond between the back surface of the DMD and the thermo-electric cooler 618. The cold side 617 of the thermo-electric cooler 618 is pressed against the back surface 614 of the DMD. The hot surface 619 of the thermo-electric cooler 618 is pressed against a cooling heat sink 620 via thermally conductive paste 622.
In operation, the thermoelectric cooler is energized by an energizing signal 625. The energizing signal 625, when active, causes the thermo-electrical cooler to be heated on the hot side 619 and cooled on the cold side 617. However, this could. overcool the back side 614 of the DMD 600 relative to the front 612. The signal 625 therefore is provided at a specified duty cycle less than 100% to avoid this high thermal gradient.
The DMD is preferably cooled to 30–40� C.
The operation is shown with respect to the flowchart of
An even further preferred system carries out the temperature sensing and cooling of the device using a service pack device shown in
Although only a few embodiments have been described in detail above, other embodiments are contemplated by the inventor and are intended to be encompassed within the following claims. In addition, other modifications are contemplated and are also intended to be covered.
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