Good morning;
For the last year > I have been struggling to build a scoreboard for my son.
My son is a coach at a high school and he asked me if I could build him a scoreboard for his wrestling team.
I decided I'd try it, but fast got bogged down and went to the "other" forum first (All about Circuits), looking for help.
And, I did find help, mostly if not almost entirely from one person there. He's an amazingly informed individual and has practically hand fed me for more than a year now.
However, I know that I have become an absolute pest over there, especially to him. Now I suspect he has finally washed his hands of me, and, I guess I can't blame him.
I'm almost done with this scoreboard, just got to figure out what's wrong with the conversion from the console (small unit containing everything that works pretty much perfectly) through the 10ft cable to the big board.
I found Mr Gibbs's aid (thread) to the fellow concerning the exact same kit that I was using (Velleman-K8035)."Multiplexed signals to drive large 7 segment LEDs"
And this person on the other forum helped me with the buffering to transit the 10ft cable.
I have just today gotten it all fabricated and wired up, turned it on and, is sorely not working properly, have troubleshot it to death and just can't see any reason it doesn't work properly, but, it doesn't.
I'm so embarrassed to have aggravated this individual for so long over there with my constant problems, and having him finally cross me off, I'm just at a loss to know what to do after investing so much time and money in this thing.
Am taking a chance reaching out to you guys for my final need, getting the big board LEDs acting correctly, I certainly don't desire to aggravate anyone else to death.
This thing is just so close to being finished, and I'm so lost....
If you happen to have the inclination to take a look at my drawings I'd certainly appreciate it, and would fully understand if you chose not to mess with it.
Thanks for your time,
Oxbo Rene
For the last year > I have been struggling to build a scoreboard for my son.
My son is a coach at a high school and he asked me if I could build him a scoreboard for his wrestling team.
I decided I'd try it, but fast got bogged down and went to the "other" forum first (All about Circuits), looking for help.
And, I did find help, mostly if not almost entirely from one person there. He's an amazingly informed individual and has practically hand fed me for more than a year now.
However, I know that I have become an absolute pest over there, especially to him. Now I suspect he has finally washed his hands of me, and, I guess I can't blame him.
I'm almost done with this scoreboard, just got to figure out what's wrong with the conversion from the console (small unit containing everything that works pretty much perfectly) through the 10ft cable to the big board.
I found Mr Gibbs's aid (thread) to the fellow concerning the exact same kit that I was using (Velleman-K8035)."Multiplexed signals to drive large 7 segment LEDs"
And this person on the other forum helped me with the buffering to transit the 10ft cable.
I have just today gotten it all fabricated and wired up, turned it on and, is sorely not working properly, have troubleshot it to death and just can't see any reason it doesn't work properly, but, it doesn't.
I'm so embarrassed to have aggravated this individual for so long over there with my constant problems, and having him finally cross me off, I'm just at a loss to know what to do after investing so much time and money in this thing.
Am taking a chance reaching out to you guys for my final need, getting the big board LEDs acting correctly, I certainly don't desire to aggravate anyone else to death.
This thing is just so close to being finished, and I'm so lost....
If you happen to have the inclination to take a look at my drawings I'd certainly appreciate it, and would fully understand if you chose not to mess with it.
Thanks for your time,
Oxbo Rene