Helios Fire Controller

By Ryan McDermott

An acrylic box with an arduino in it

This was the fire controller I made for a burning man project in 2014.

There were two large handles (made of turned aluminum) that people could hold, and if those people touched each other, it would trigger all of the flame throwers/fire effects.

It would also receive midi signals from a keyboard, and you could play the torches like an instrument.

Unfortunately, this project was stolen out of my car after we got back from burning man.

I have since rebuilt the control system for the torches that were being controlled with this, and am much happier with the control system we have now.