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kvas_off

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Sep 17, 2008, 3:34:08 AM9/17/08
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Every now anybody can use bluetooth USB dongles (one for host and one
for device) for wireless data exchange.
Built-in solution is wellcome, but it is pricey at the moment.
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"DLP-projector vice versa"
or "When Bicycle LED POV with PWM will be done"

When 8bit-shades images via PWM will be done, there'll be actually no
need in RGB LEDs or LED clusters for full colour. Because we could use
3 equal boards (turned in 120 degrees to each other as many people do
now) but with different LED colours (R-, G- and B-board). And we'll
put 3 channels from one 24bit image in the 3 flash memories on each
board.
That's all. :)

Casainho

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Sep 17, 2008, 7:51:49 AM9/17/08
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Now I am worried in have a solid base system... because all that you
are talking is just ideas, in this system, we are missing the software
and a big part of firmware :-( -- although hardware may not be
perfect, it's working nicely and it's a base to be possible to develop
firmware and software.

Your ideas are now registered on this messages ;-)

I would like to drill and assembly one more or two PCB's, would be
nice If I drill new versions already... -- I have time to wait, no
hurry :-)

kvas_off

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Sep 28, 2008, 6:08:21 PM9/28/08
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> I would like to drill and assembly one more or two PCB's, would be
> nice If I drill new versions already... -- I have time to wait, no
> hurry :-)

You also wrote that you wait new version of hardware (from me?)...
Well, I see you made PCBs by yourself... I hope you have some CNC or
something for little series... :) Because I drilled manually a lot of
PCBs (just 50 equal boards with 50-60 holes) in short terms and I know
this is a nightmare... Even when I used 750W hand drill... (sic!)
Gonna make some homebrewed CNC (with matrix printers- mechanical
parts, stepper motors, etc.)

Jorge Pinto aka Casainho

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Sep 28, 2008, 6:23:08 PM9/28/08
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> You also wrote that you wait new version of hardware (from me?)...

Donald Ziems is working on another version...

Actual version have a few problems on PCB, I didn't wrote about it
yet :-(


> Well, I see you made PCBs by yourself... I hope you have some CNC or
> something for little series... :)

On my daily work, we have a CNC machine for our prototypes... however I
don't have acess to it, nor I know how to work with it, nor I have
experiency with PCBs :-)

And actual PCB were all made by me and Donald Ziems, a lot of work but
was nice ;-)

Since I can't almost make PCBs, I would prefer to buy them online... you
know, maybe there will be some new developers as you apeared recently,
it's important to have hardware ready.

Actual hardware is more expensive due to the DC-DC circuit :-( -- there
is a wiki page about new hardware version goals...


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