Chromlech Celebrates Successful Launch of Elidy at PLASA 2012Chromlech, the French manufacturer of the Jarag, Gleamer, and Svoboda 2, chose PLASA 2012 to launch its new Elidy -- the world's first LED matrix fixture capable of projecting volumetric graphics. Elidy is a matrix of five by five very high power LEDs, driven by state-of-the-art electronics to provide the world's first LED wall capable of projecting light. It combines high-output, warm white LEDs with specific optics to generate extremely narrow beams that far exceed the intensity of LED screens. Elidy's modular form is based around a single projector of 25 LEDs (one sq. ft.), which can be assembled to form up to 225 LEDs (one sq. m.) and arranged into screens, columns, or angled forms. Fully reskinnable, the surface of Elidy can be instantaneously customized to any color or texture by using magnetic covers. Each cover can be customized and printed individually or joined together as a composite picture if bigger images are required. The Elidy panels can therefore take on virtually any aspect, not just different colors, but also textures including wood, metal, mirror, leather, stone, or grass. Covers can be produced as full frame to form a solid backdrop, or open frame to match the exact shape of the Elidy panel and thus become a transparent light projector. Its driver design ensures perfectly smooth dimming over the complete dimming range. The dimming mimics traditional tungsten sources in a way that makes it perfectly suitable for use in theatre or studio. Elidy implements a pixel-mapping interface for creating a wide range of animations. The control system incorporates both DMX and ArtNet inputs so data management is handled using both conventional DMX daisy-chaining and via ArtNet daisy-chaining. 
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