[Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays...

Sun May 15 11:29:39 BST 2016

Would love to be able to pick up two of these for the space, we could have
one 'pointing outside' with a nice useful clock, date, temperature etc, for
passers by, and another one for the indoor message-board. Can only really
stretch to one panel though. I'll wait 'til Monday night before I put the
order in, in case someone else wants one of the smaller units or something.
In any case I'll need help getting it up and running from some of the more
competent sparkies among us. :D

There's one thing cooler than a flip-dot display, and that's a split-flap
display. This is a thing of beauty...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Solari-di-Udine-Airport-display-split-flap-display-Rare-sign-/131814958824

The last one went for £4000 though. :(
Oh and these things-
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Electroluminescence-EL-Display-UFO-Alien-Predator-NOS-like-VFD-disassemble-/111986686029?hash=item1a12ed384d:g:kLEAAOSwI-BWPKJM

Anyway enough ebaying for today I think.

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Brian J Hoskins <brian at hoskins.eu> wrote:

> David,
>
> Your idea about the social message board is fantastic! I've got my hands
> full with this high tide project until maybe October, but if this idea of
> yours goes ahead and still needs help around then I would be really happy
> to join in with it.
>
> In any case I would definitely take an interest from the sidelines.
>
> Brian
>
>
> On 15/05/16 08:10, David Davies-Day wrote:
>
> 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?
>
>
>
>
> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several
> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Nathan Hackett <nhackett1 at gmail.com> <nhackett1 at gmail.com>
> Date:14/05/2016 10:36 PM (GMT+00:00)
> To: Swansea Hackspace <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
> <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Flip dot displays...
>
> 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
>>
>> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several
>> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced.
>>
>> -------- 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>
>> 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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