Oznog
Active Member
Well I was at the flea market today and saw one of these ridiculous gadgets, the ones that scroll text across them. I'm sort of ashamed to admit I was fascinated.
I flipped it over. The board is completely exposed and uninsulated (!). There were several shift registers and a PIC16, I think it was a PIC16F628.
So now I can't help but wonder. Could more interesting code be written? We know how to program these things. The display capabilities are of course limited by resolution and leaving many LEDs on at once will lower the battery life. But I'm wondering- maybe stick figure animation? They could play baseball. Fire rockets at each other. Dunno. What else might it be made to do?
I flipped it over. The board is completely exposed and uninsulated (!). There were several shift registers and a PIC16, I think it was a PIC16F628.
So now I can't help but wonder. Could more interesting code be written? We know how to program these things. The display capabilities are of course limited by resolution and leaving many LEDs on at once will lower the battery life. But I'm wondering- maybe stick figure animation? They could play baseball. Fire rockets at each other. Dunno. What else might it be made to do?