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(New page: == Design notes == 5x7 characters Will have 4 characters scrolling Driver chip: MAXIM 6953 (Need to obtain some - we ordered 3 samples 3/2/2011. Being sent to Steve's House) This uses a ...)
 
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== Updates ==
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March 2, 2011
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Nick clued us in to the handy MAXIM 6953 5x7 LED display driver. After some Googling which at times lead us to MAXIM magazine, Nick and Steve put in an order on MAXIM's site for 3 free samples, which should arrive at Steve's house soon.
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== Design notes ==
 
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Driver chip: MAXIM 6953
 
Driver chip: MAXIM 6953
(Need to obtain some - we ordered 3 samples 3/2/2011. Being sent to Steve's House)
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This uses a pretty basic serial interface to drive the LEDs (I2C)
This uses a pretty basic serial interface to drive the LEDs
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There is a character set defined in ROM. Users can define their own symbols or use the user defined characters to implement scrolling, but doing so requires a crudload of code.
  
 
Here's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-_PLhLF-1g nifty project somebody did]
 
Here's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-_PLhLF-1g nifty project somebody did]
  
 
IR LEDS
 
IR LEDS
 
 
front of box will be covered w/ lens, trashbag, something like that
 
front of box will be covered w/ lens, trashbag, something like that
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===Software===
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Programming this is very easy via an Arduino. See
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*http://shieldstudio.com/press/downloads/
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*Much more thorough code example here: http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1285387425/6
  
 
===Messages===
 
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'Tweet @BloomingLabs to get your message here.' (but we will need a moderator, make sure no dirty words get up there!)
 
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Revision as of 22:37, 3 March 2011

Contents

Updates

March 2, 2011 Nick clued us in to the handy MAXIM 6953 5x7 LED display driver. After some Googling which at times lead us to MAXIM magazine, Nick and Steve put in an order on MAXIM's site for 3 free samples, which should arrive at Steve's house soon.

Design notes

5x7 characters Will have 4 characters scrolling

Driver chip: MAXIM 6953 This uses a pretty basic serial interface to drive the LEDs (I2C) There is a character set defined in ROM. Users can define their own symbols or use the user defined characters to implement scrolling, but doing so requires a crudload of code.

Here's a nifty project somebody did

IR LEDS front of box will be covered w/ lens, trashbag, something like that

Software

Programming this is very easy via an Arduino. See

Messages

URL Bloominglabs 'Tweet @BloomingLabs to get your message here.' (but we will need a moderator, make sure no dirty words get up there!) (add some, people)

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