I would like to make a mask with a rotating message on it. I'm debating two completely different designs; one mechanical and one electronic. Full description of the project at
http://wiki.thekramers.net/Main/GitsMask If I decide to go with the electronic solution, I would need a ring roughly 9"-10" in diameter, with enough LEDs on it to scroll words, meaning 120 or more LEDs, where about half of them may be on at any time. It's been a while since I've done serious embedded work, but I'm pretty sure I'm up to the software and the hardware side. There must be examples out there about scrolling words on a sign for pretty much every appropriate platform, and this is just bending it into a circle. That's a lot of ports, though. Most microcontrollers only have 3 or 4 8-bit output, which wouldn't even do half the job. I am ideologically attracted to Arduino, but if a more appropriate platform is available, I would probably use it. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
