Scrolling LED?

[PastaPete]

i was looking at this the other day... pretty cool...

http://web.mit.edu/zacka/www/midas.html


anyway. for my apartment it would be pretty cool if i could get a scrolling marquee (LED? whatelse?) that would display sports score updates or whatever. Do they sell ones that you can hook up via USB? What's the cheapest way to do it?

/PP\

 

[swtethan]

scrolling led signs are $$$

look on ebay

 

[hevnsnt]

search for betabrite They run about $100

 

[Colt45]

buy a bunch of 5x7 LED matrices, some shift register / latch / drivers (like a 74HC595), a microcontroller with USB support (PIC 18Fx550) and then write software for the microcontroller and the computer. 😛

 

[hevnsnt]

^^I like they way this man thinks

 

[Saint Nick]

I always thought it would be cool to put something up like that in the back of a car somewhere so you could write messages to the person behind you ("pass me", "you suck at driving", etc).

 

[PastaPete]

zaw

 

[Patt]

Originally posted by: jndietz
I always thought it would be cool to put something up like that in the back of a car somewhere so you could write messages to the person behind you ("pass me", "you suck at driving", etc).

🙂 That was the first thought I had too, though embellished with a on-the-steering-wheel keyboard for customizability 😀

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Patt

Originally posted by: jndietz
I always thought it would be cool to put something up like that in the back of a car somewhere so you could write messages to the person behind you ("pass me", "you suck at driving", etc).

🙂 That was the first thought I had too, though embellished with a on-the-steering-wheel keyboard for customizability 😀

I'm pretty sure it's illegal to have flashing lights in your car unless you're emergency personnell.

Might be a state thing though...

 

[Slicedbread]

This is cool

 

[tRaptor]

 

[tRaptor]

 

[tRaptor]

Here you go: Text