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I'd like to see someone play DOOM (or any game, really) using that flip disc screen!
I was thinking of Bad Apple!![1], but maybe that's too niche. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8
Niche indeed...
I'd like to see someone play DOOM (or any game, really) using that flip disc screen!
I was thinking of Bad Apple!![1], but maybe that's too niche. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtutLA63Cp8
I'd like to see someone play DOOM (or any game, really) using that flip disc screen!
They've been slowly replacing the flip-disc displays on the buses where I live with LEDs and LCD panels which has been such a shame. There is a beautiful mechanical satisfaction to a panel of flip-discs inverting and I genuinely find them easier to read.
[2] https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/...
[1] https://cdn.unitycms.io/images/2padXosoqh99o13dcrN3co.jpg
I use quotes because it will always be the Colosseum to me, where I saw the Butthole Surfers, Dead Moon and Nirvana. Don’t get me started on the Kingdome.
This is insanely cool, the noise they make is also really satisfying! What was the cost/time breakdown of the entire project because the flipdisc prices are hidden behind quotes and it seems like it would take quite a lot of time to complete the whole display!
The prices I’ve seen mentioned are around USD$3-5 per “pixel”. Similar to all the ePaper projects that show up here, they’re expensive but cool gimmicks.
The whole mechanism looks very 3d printable... I wonder if one could design one with PCB coils and a large 3d print only? If so, cost could probably come down to cents per pixel...
You'd probably also need a single 'C' shaped piece of steel for the magnetic flux path, but you might be able to find a supplier for the right shape already used for something else you can buy in large quantities very cheaply (eg. Steel staples).
I bought a flip dot display on eBay and now I am stuck with the old thing and my lack of knowledge to make it work. Here's a great resource about technical details (only German though) https://radow.org/flip-dot.php EDIT: "They have high readability, a long lifespan, and achieves anywhere between 25-60fps" - I think you can't achieve 60fps with a flip dot display.
Remember that texas instruments DLP technology which is in use in pretty much every office/home cinema projector is effectively micro flip-dots micromachined in silicon, and that can operate at ~10,000 FPS.
That display needs some Conway’s Game of Life action pronto .
https://github.com/simpsoka/office-flipdisc/blob/main/scenes...
That display needs some Conway’s Game of Life action pronto .
they have a gif at the bottom of the article which looks like game of life https://github.com/simpsoka/office-flipdisc/blob/main/scenes...
Still, I wanna see and hear it on the display.
