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With multi-segment displays, what you see available online is pretty much what you get. LEDs, LCDs, VFDs; if you want to keep your BOM at a reasonable price, you’ve pretty …read more Continue reading Custom Multi-Segment E-Ink Displays from Design to Driving
For those times when you’d rather not get sucked down another internet rabbit hole when you really just wanted the weather, an ambient display can be great. [AlexanderK106] built a …read more Continue reading Ambient Display Tells You if Borealis is Coming to Town
What’s a Scramblepad? It’s a type of number pad in which the numbers aren’t in fixed locations, and can only be seen from a narrow viewing angle. Every time the …read more Continue reading Scramblepad Teardown Reveals Complicated, Expensive Innards
We’re used to seeing all manner of seven-segment displays, be they mechanical, electronic, or something in between. But what all these displays have in common is that they’re, you know, …read more Continue reading The Seven-Segment Display That’s Also an Input Device
We’ve seen a lot of clever re-imagining of the classic 7-segment display, and proving there is still room for something new is [Jack]’s 7-segment “DigiTag” display. This 3D printable device has …read more Continue reading Seven Segments, But Not As We Know Them
For most hackers and makers, building a clock is a rite of passage. Few, though, will be as unusual and engaging as this design by [TerraG2]. By combining addressable LEDs, …read more Continue reading LED Clock has its pipes on display
Sometimes you need to display a number nice and large, making it easily readable at a good distance. [Lewis] has just the thing for that: a big expandable 7-segment display. …read more Continue reading You Can Build A Giant 7-Segment Display Of Your Very Own
[Nick Poole] has an interesting idea for a new tool, one that has the simple goal of making accurate part counts of SMT reels as easy as pulling tape through …read more Continue reading SMT Part Counter Aims to Ease Taking Inventory
Segmented liquid crystal displays are considered quite an old and archaic display technology these days. They’re perhaps most familiar to us from their use in calculators and watches, where they …read more Continue reading Remoticon 2021 // Joey Castillo Teaches Old LCDs New Tricks
The seven-segment display may be a bit prosaic after all these years, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to spice it up. Coming up with a mechanical version of …read more Continue reading A One-Servo Mechanical Seven-Segment Display