[Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays...

[David Davies-Day]

I fell asleep before posting this...

http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS

I think the electronics would be the only pricey part of it, between the plotter and the laser cutter, even the 3D printer the make the dot mounts. Mechanically it shouldn't be too physically taxing or expensive.

A while ago I mentioned maybe having some kind of message board where members/site visitors could type messages to people physically in the space, flip-dot would be awesome for that as you can hear it changing without adding a sounder. This is one of the reasons the printers used in kitchens are dot matrix rather than the near silent, thermal printers.

Group project? 




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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nathan Hackett <nhackett1 at gmail.com> </div><div>Date:14/05/2016  10:36 PM  (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: Swansea Hackspace <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk> </div><div>Cc:  </div><div>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays... </div><div>
</div>Hi all, thanks for the replies! I work overnight Fri and Sat so I'm afraid I posted my message then went straight to bed sorry!

David you're right we could fabricate something similar, but it would probably end up much more expensive for a panel this size. 96x16 pixels at £200 is an incredible 13p per flip-dot. There's more than enough hacking to do to get them connected anyway. It might be cool to attempt some 7-segment mechanical displays though? Much more manageable for a DIY project.

The guy also has some nice looking 20x14 units for £64.99 which maybe someone is interested in? Ultimately I'll be picking up one of these myself regardless - it seems the technology is being superseded by LEDs and I want to get one before they all disappear.

Brian your point about shop displays is precisely why I started looking for these in the first place... ;-)

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 8:50 PM, David Davies-Day <djdavies83 at hotmail.com> wrote:
DIY Is possible...

http://m.instructables.com/id/Arduino-Domino-clock/?ALLSTEPS

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-------- Original message --------
From: Brian J Hoskins <brianjhoskins at gmail.com>
Date:14/05/2016 2:36 PM (GMT+00:00)
To: Swansea Hackspace <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
Cc:
Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays...

Wow! I don't think I've ever seen these before. I mean... Of course I've seen them on the buses, but I didn't actually realise they worked like this.

This seems like it might be an ideal display for my high tide early warning project, as I had been worried about the problem of direct sunlight for a regular LED dot matrix display.

Will have to see if one of these will fit...

PLUS

This would be a great shop front display? The council can't complain about flashing lights in this case.

On 14 May 2016 10:51, "Nathan Hackett" <nhackett1 at gmail.com> wrote:
There's a load of these on ebay at the moment, they very rarely come up so I thought some of you might be interested.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111987288114

The same seller has several different sizes listed, all auctions ending today. I've contacted him and he's offered £200 (inc postage) for one 96x16 panel or £350 for two, so if there's anyone that wants to split an order with me and save some money that'd be great. Seems expensive, but look how cool these things are...

https://vimeo.com/78236205

Mine's gonna be a huge clock. :)

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