Many years ago I got to know a service technician who worked on these displays wherever they were used, he told me that apart from making sure that all vanes ended up in the same reset position many systems used a flowing setting routine that passed from one side to the other not just to minimize the electronics used but it also made a "sweeter" noise when all vanes rippled like a wave ,rather than being set individually letter by letter, which people liked more. This was more common on train/bus stations for larger displays but single row displays used it too.
/Martin On Wednesday 20 December 2023 at 20:15:21 UTC+1 H. Carl Ott wrote: > Just one observation from when I built a one-off flip clock years ago > using some salvaged vane displays. > Just be aware of the mechanical noise associated with these things. > > The sound from the flips can be pretty mesmerizing (like falling > dominoes) and part of their appeal, unless you are trying to sleep. > > Had to add in a timer function to turn itself off during the night. > > carl > -------------------------------------------------------- > Henry Carl Ott N2RVQ hcar...@gmail.com > > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 3:51 PM Nicholas Stock <nick...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for that Shaun, Marcin's projects are always fun and interesting. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nick >> >> On Tue, Dec 19, 2023 at 11:50 AM Shaun Merrigan <material...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Folks, >>> >>> Just received an email from Marcin Saj about his new project involving >>> Flip Disc displays. He has everything from bare displays to prototyping >>> boards to complete clock kits available on Kickstarter: >>> >>> >>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marcinsaj/flip-disc-displays-arduino-based?ref=ksr_email_user_watched_project_launched >>> >>> Looks interesting and cool! >>> >>> Shaun M. >>> >>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a01858ec-77e9-4423-8962-eaef6abc33d4n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a01858ec-77e9-4423-8962-eaef6abc33d4n%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+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRH%2B9jwZXYUpHDAqp5r-X-zwkJdyFx%2Bs8WMW3R8dLmnLa3Q%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAOX%2BRH%2B9jwZXYUpHDAqp5r-X-zwkJdyFx%2Bs8WMW3R8dLmnLa3Q%40mail.gmail.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/edadfebc-5d14-4f11-b7ad-ed89587b8d68n%40googlegroups.com.
