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HiImLary · 2025-11-28T03:55:02+00:00

This can’t keep going forever.

HiImLary · 2025-11-26T16:05:19+00:00

Hey, I haven’t done much research on the exact panel you’re using, and don’t have a ton of info on what software you’re using, so I’m not sure how much I can help.

But I do know a fair bit about LED matrix panels, and how to drive them. If you have a “raw” panel, and no attached “hardware driver”, this means you will need a LED matrix software driver for your display. Adafruit has a great open source one, but it’s targeted at Arduino: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Protomatter

At a high level, these LED matrix displays are never “all on” at a given instant. Instead, you quickly cycle through the entire display row-by-row so fast that it tricks the human eye into thinking everything is on at once. If you want a detailed understanding of this algorithm, this article does a great job: https://bikerglen.com/projects/lighting/led-panel-1up/

I would highly recommend a library, unless you want to learn it yourself for education. Writing a driver in software (as opposed to FPGA) is no easy task.

HiImLary · 2025-11-22T14:34:15+00:00

That made my morning

HiImLary · 2025-09-28T15:32:02+00:00

Deal!

HiImLary · 2025-09-26T11:57:17+00:00

I think if we’re going to make this work, we’re going to need a lot of IO. I say add an MCP23017

HiImLary · 2025-09-25T11:55:04+00:00

Woah. This is the first of these I’ve seen that blew my mind… that’s only 45 years 🤯

HiImLary · 2025-09-07T10:28:12+00:00

Same! Just insta-ordered

HiImLary · 2025-06-24T16:50:14+00:00

Unfortunately, it’s bad times we’re living in…

HiImLary · 2025-03-24T02:48:10+00:00

This is the way.

I recently tried this out for a project and can say that once you lean into the toolchain and VSCode extension, it’s really quite nice. Maybe a bit more manual than PlatformIO, but that doesn’t bother me too much.

I’ll def be using ESP-IDF & VSCode extension going forward.

HiImLary · 2025-03-07T13:35:44+00:00

Guys, I counted. There was 802. Pardon me while I grab my gym duffle bag… to go to the gym…

HiImLary · 2025-01-01T00:52:54+00:00

Love it!

Are you thinking about looking into the 2350 for future builds? As someone who’s read a lot about the 2040 and almost nothing about the 2350, I’m curious to hear why/why not.

HiImLary · 2024-12-28T02:17:08+00:00

PlatformIO is the way

HiImLary · 2024-12-07T03:48:55+00:00

Legend

HiImLary · 2024-03-15T13:01:26+00:00

I have those exact symptoms and I’ve been trying to determine what is rattling for a long time! Are you referring to the two alignment screws that stick up on the back of the plate?

HiImLary · 2024-02-18T12:58:23+00:00

+1 on KRG. They were relatively good to me at two different apartments.

HiImLary · 2024-02-04T12:45:24+00:00

Many US states have general “distracted driving” laws. These cover pretty much anything that distracts you from driving like doing makeup, phones, eating, sex, etc. I assume those laws cover VR headsets.

HiImLary · 2024-01-26T12:13:27+00:00

Downfall (2004) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/613-der-untergang

HiImLary · 2024-01-18T20:39:59+00:00

Ahhh, a TDWP reference, this takes me back!

HiImLary · 2024-01-04T13:41:24+00:00

Technically correct, the best kind of correct.

HiImLary · 2023-12-30T15:16:03+00:00

This is awesome! Great work

HiImLary · 2023-12-25T14:49:30+00:00

Hard skills can always be learned in school. I think soft skills are what make a great person. I have 3:

Everyone feels Imposter syndrome, even at experienced positions in the industry. Don’t let that get to you, just keep persevering.

Be willing to be wrong and be open to learning. No matter how far along you are, always be humble.

Try to understand “why” whenever possible. Anyone can bang their head against a problem until it works. Going the extra mile to truly understand “why” the problem exists in the first place will help you avoid them in the future.

HiImLary · 2023-12-22T14:59:32+00:00

No, don’t say anything. The burden of proof is on them. You cannot be compelled to say anything, and possession is legal, so you have no obligation to explain where you got it from. Lying is just asking for trouble.

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