For this project, Tarmled supplied a total of 578 2m long, double-sided, LED-strips, and 37 DPDUs (Data Power Distribution Units), to power the installation.
Tarmled's engineers developed double-sided, video-compatible LED-strips based on its Tarmled Strip 25-modules that were premiered at PLASA 2008. The LED strips were incorporated into polycarbonate tubes coated with a semitransparent reflective film, in accordance with UVA's design.
Together with customised Tarmled DPDUs, the tubes are allowed to hang elegantly in the space, as the DPDU's allow for cable runs of maximum 20m from the fixture using a single Cat 5e cable carrying data and power to each fixture. The 25mm pixel spacing of the strips and UVA's regular grid layout of the tubes allow for spectacular 3D-displays. The system is entirely driven by UVA's d3 production system.
(Jim Evans)
