Wow! That was literally one hell of an endeavor. On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 9:17:57 AM UTC-7 David wrote:
> I know the feeling. Things can spiral out of control. > Many years ago I came into some similar red 8x8 LED bricks for a price > that seemed too good to be true. Yup, it was. They were very very dim. > You can read about the TV set they ended up in, SatanVision, here. > SatanVision LED Television <http://www.cathodecorner.com/satanvision/> > cathodecorner.com <http://www.cathodecorner.com/satanvision/> > [image: favicon.ico] <http://www.cathodecorner.com/satanvision/> > <http://www.cathodecorner.com/satanvision/> > These projects need to be built, if only to teach their builders a lesson. > > > > David Forbes, Tucson AZ > > On Mar 11, 2024, at 10:51 PM, gregebert <greg...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm sure we've all been thru this before: You see an opportunity to make > a new clock or other gizmo, and the displays are so cheap you cant resist. > What could go wrong ???? > > > In my case, it was 8x8 bi-color LED arrays...for 86 cents each. LEDs are > pretty easy to multiplex (imagine if it was direct-drive....129 pins ?? > Yikes). So I literally bought a brick of them, 24 total, last summer and > thought I could knock this project out pretty quick. > > -- 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/b0d11769-1022-48c8-838a-8d3351e720dan%40googlegroups.com.
