Imanol Gómez

Work /

Real-time smart lighting

Firmware and GPU-based generative content for real-time smart lighting hardware.

Role
Software Engineer – Real-Time Hardware
Organisation
ProtoPixel
Period
Jan 2017 – Aug 2020
Stack
Python, Embedded C, OpenGL
Blue and violet illuminated arches spanning the Primavera Sound festival stage above a crowd

Context

I worked with ProtoPixel on contract from January 2017 to August 2020 as a Software Engineer – Real-Time Hardware. I built firmware for real-time smart lighting products and OpenGL / GPU-based generative content. I also worked as a tech and design evangelist.

Three case studies are public: Designing the Ultimate Club Experience, Bringing Dynamism to a Creative Space, and Primavera Sound's First Smart Stage — smart lighting for an autonomous festival stage.

What I did

  • Firmware for real-time smart lighting hardware products.
  • OpenGL / GPU-based generative content.
  • Delivered the main product software as a snap package for Ubuntu machines.
  • Tech and design evangelist for the product line.

Stack & notes

ProtoPixel and Arena pixel mapping. A silent excerpt from the supplied demonstration.

Python · Embedded C.

Related repositories: VideoPixels (pixel-mapped video recorded to SD for playback on a Teensy SD player), UdpPixels (streams video pixel data over UDP) and ProtoPixelSyphon.