Again, simply awesome. Did you make the files public? I am interested in making up a set myself.
Great Job. That was fast. Michail Wilson 206-920-6312 From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Richard Scales Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2020 1:53 AM To: neonixie-l <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> Subject: [neonixie-l] 16 Segment Starburst smart socket driver I have long been inspired by 'word clocks' as well as the 'smart socket' concept which was used to drive things like the Burroughs B-7971 displays. Having some time on my hands recently I decided to create a 'smart socket' to drive 2.3" Starburst LED displays. I have now got to the point where I actually have something to show as the proof of concept would appear to be successful! [cid:image003.jpg@01D65415.2B7C9680] [cid:image004.jpg@01D65415.2B7C9680] The original smart socket code which was created by Chris Barron ran on a PIC16F690 which did not have enough ports to drive all 16 segments plus the decimal point so I moved over to a PIC16F886 (I am no PIC expert so the choice was based on what my development environment and programmer would support). At the same time a colleague of mine was hinting that I really should have a go at surface mount components. The result is a single board with the PIC and some Darlington Drivers and associated series resistors. The 2.3" LED display plugs in to the back. As many sockets as you desire (1-255) then link together and by sending simple ASCII commands, any required data can be displayed. Multiple transitions as well as user defined characters are supported. I re-purposed the original 'underscore' command (the B-7971 has an underscore segment) to control the decimal point. That's pretty much it. I already have a 'controller' which handles all the WiFi, NTP Time setting and fancy display controls including motion detector activation etc. I just need to make a version specifically for these displays which will provide optional PWM control for the 12V LED power and we're done. I plan to make a 10 segment version, the case for which is currently a concept in my head - so it could take a while to see the light of day. I plan to publish full details over at the Smart-Sockets group when I get things finally buttoned down. - Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a3baf95d-4dd1-4844-9e1f-861e192b62f1o%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a3baf95d-4dd1-4844-9e1f-861e192b62f1o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/MW2PR0102MB3435A65305C8A966486E8AC982660%40MW2PR0102MB3435.prod.exchangelabs.com.
