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DIY LED Array Marquee For Your PC

Posted by kdawson on from the geeking-out-on-the-weekend dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ever wish you had one of those big LED displays to keep you up to date on e-mails, stock quotes, server uptimes, or weather? Here's a new video tutorial showing how to build your own computer-controlled LED array. You can code your own data feed, and just send it over a TCP socket. This looks like a fun weekend project for someone looking to get started with electronics by building something useful."

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  1. Re:Email? Server up time? Please by senatosa · · Score: 2, Insightful

    yeah but then you'd have self esteem issues because every stick of the stick figure would be the same size...

  2. Re:Now... by RayMarron · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Make sure you get one printed in reverse for the front bumper. ;)

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  3. Low intensity??? by spectrokid · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They have a lot more LEDs than controller outputs and use tricks to multiplex. But this means each LED only is turned on for a few milliseconds at a time. Can you get out a reasonable intensity this way?

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