On 28 August 2010 00:04, <michail1@...> wrote:
How would ebay item 180516094665 work out as a clock in someone's house.
Nope, No nixie, but unique.
Does this forum cater for magflip displays? I used to work up the road from
a roadsign company and I rescued several such displays, enough to make a 6
digit clock after swapping out the dead pixels (magcels?). I think that they
were made in Canada (I am in Australia). Each digit is a 5x7 matrix, about
35cm high. Magflip displays take about 8A to flip each pixel, and require a
fairly awesome power supply if you want to light up the LEDs as well. I did
make a driver with some relays but the contacts welded after a few hours. I
must try again with some big FETs.
Big industrial displays are so cool. Very few hackers seem to use them (i
only got mine by dumpster diving), I have never seen anything on the net.
Regards
TomH
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Tom Harris <celephicus@...>
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