One of the things that give more attention on the Pi is the versatility to suit any hardware project: Control servo motors, lights, automation systems, etc..
Open Lighting Project tries to establish a standardization protocols to control lighting systems via software and open source hardware.
The next awesome video shows what can be achieved with this system...
The [Open Lighting Architecture](http://www.opendmx.net/index.php/OLA) (a.k.a. OLA), It is a framework that supports all types of devices and architectures. This project participated in the [Google Summer of Code 2012/13](http://www.openlighting.org/openlightingproject/gsoc/). Another interesting aspect is that you have an *API* for languages like *C++* or *Python*.
In short, buy a hardware that suits your project and the software that we present in the following tutorial from *openlighting.org* and you can control any lighting system no matter how powerful is.
It's an interesting system mounted on *Open Hardware* certainly be cheaper of your projects and was previously only available to enterprises.
Link: [openlighting.org > OLA Raspberry Pi](http://www.openlighting.org/ola/tutorials/ola-on-raspberry-pi/)
Link: [openlighting.org](http://www.openlighting.org)
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