Difference between revisions of "Hitchhikers Guide"
Paulmullin (talk | contribs) |
Paulmullin (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | ==Background== | ||
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | ||
| + | |||
Based on the first book (not the movie) | Based on the first book (not the movie) | ||
| + | ===Serial Lighting Control=== | ||
| + | All the play field lights are Neo Pixels, or driven by WS2811 chips. The asynchronous protocol is better suited to the long wiring runs than clocked protocols like IIC or SPI. | ||
| + | ===Score Display=== | ||
This shows the first live score display test. Thinking the blue 7-segment looks pretty cool. The display board is custom designed using WS2811 driver chips - the chip inside Neo Pixels. This allows the score displays to be daisy chained together significantly reducing the wiring. | This shows the first live score display test. Thinking the blue 7-segment looks pretty cool. The display board is custom designed using WS2811 driver chips - the chip inside Neo Pixels. This allows the score displays to be daisy chained together significantly reducing the wiring. | ||
[[File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg]] | [[File:Hitchhikers_display_test.jpg]] | ||
Revision as of 03:26, 10 December 2018
Background
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Based on the first book (not the movie)
Serial Lighting Control
All the play field lights are Neo Pixels, or driven by WS2811 chips. The asynchronous protocol is better suited to the long wiring runs than clocked protocols like IIC or SPI.
Score Display
This shows the first live score display test. Thinking the blue 7-segment looks pretty cool. The display board is custom designed using WS2811 driver chips - the chip inside Neo Pixels. This allows the score displays to be daisy chained together significantly reducing the wiring.
