<html><head></head><body><div>On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 01:36 +0000, Nathan Hackett wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">If anyone is interested in the new group project, I've put a page on the website-<div><a href="https://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Main/Projects">https://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Main/Projects</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Most of this is taken from what Peter managed to find out (in one day!). He has made a google docs page to pool our information-</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR_SWq8sPydsWIQ832bTGQPMFefCNGMGWPGvfA5CLWcXVjtyCF8e5IOs0H8OKQGIg1GNKEIMmheXh31/pub">https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vR_SWq8sPydsWIQ832bTGQPMFefCNGMGWPGvfA5CLWcXVjtyCF8e5IOs0H8OKQGIg1GNKEIMmheXh31/pub</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If anyone wants the edit link for that, just email me. The more help we can get the better, need programming skills (microcontroller plus higher level network/ui stuff), case making, reverse engineering, soldering, possibly pcb making...</div><div><br></div><div>I have 7 panels in total, but only two controller boards that can each run up to three panels together in series. Ideally we would like to replicate enough of the "brains" of the system to construct up to 7 separate units. I am committed to donating one panel free to the hackspace, and possibly a second one at cost (£30), if it's necessary for the type of display we want to build.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>If i understand this correctly, the pixel drivers are built into the display board, and all we need is a microcontroller to send it the appropriate bit stream ?</div><div><br></div><div>In which case we may be able to use an ESP board, eg the wemos, plus some level convertors, and make a wifi enabled control system for it</div></body></html>