Project finally done (pics)

[Platypus]

Some of you may remember the thread where I attempted to make a jukebox/LED sign out of an old computer. Well I finally got it running.

Features:
LED scrolling sign displaying the name of the song
S-Video capable plugged into TV as a monitor
Pulls music from different box on network and plays it
Completely programmable down to colour patterns
Built into home-made bar
Space for fish tank in framed area
Bar counters covered in clear plastic casting resin for glassy smooth finish

It's kind of hard to see the sign because it does scroll, so bear in mind the pics of that are kind of blurry.

Some changes:

Ditched freebsd in favour of Debian Linux
Chose KDE (easy for non-computer savvy roommates to use when I'm gone) instead of Fluxbox


Here are the pics.

EDIT: faster sorry
Phoenix

 

[minendo]

Nice work Drew. I'll have to stop by sometime and check it out.

 

[jfall]

Pics are loading sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

 

[DrumminBoy]

sslllooowww

 

[Ketteringo]

sorry, no dice = lol

 

[jlee]

I can mirror..email to cdtlee84@bellsouth.net 🙂

 

[Platypus]

Hosting changed, try now

 

[hdeck]

oohhh nice

 

[jonmullen]

nice...is this the system than also tells you how to make different drinks?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: jonmullen
nice...is this the system than also tells you how to make different drinks?

Sure can, easy to read from television screen, right next to bar

 

[orion7144]

Nice

 

[Nocturnal]

Nice.!

 

[rudeguy]

nice job corpee....gonna have to stop by and add to your bottlecap collection sometime

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
nice job corpee....gonna have to stop by and add to your bottlecap collection sometime

yes

 

[TommyVercetti]

Take some more pictures, write a semi detalied description, submit to Slashdot next Saturday night. I guarantee you will be published, because you are running Linux.

 

[MacBaine]

I was there! I was there! lol

Edit: I love you Drew!

 

[alm99]

any available plans anywhere?

 

[her209]

All you need now is a "Will tutor for sex" sign.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: alm99
any available plans anywhere?

I might type them up, I just got like a ton of requests for it. It's really not that hard, I just came up with an idea, found someone else's attempt at making it work, fixed their code a bit, and went at it. It was really kind of a hit or miss thing whether it would actually work or not, but it is great. Needless to say I learned a lot about perl in a very short amount of time, and I am actually learning it from scratch now, just so I can make more cool stuff like this.

 

[Eli]

That's awesome.

 

[Descartes]

That's cool. I've done some similar things with a Beta Brite. Is that a Beta Brite?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Descartes
That's cool. I've done some similar things with a Beta Brite. Is that a Beta Brite?

Indeed. Beta Brites are where it's at.

 

[imported_Mike]

nice, i hope the display is a little easier to read in person.

 

[dighn]

sweet

where did you get that led sign from?

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: CheapArse
nice, i hope the display is a little easier to read in person.

It definetly it, it's crystal clear. It's just that it scrolls too fast to capture an accurate picture. I took a video of it too, but I didn't think anyone would really care to see it.