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> After creating the first prototype I realized a number of things. While it was cool there wasn’t enough utility to justify creating another one. The only way
by fweespeech 11y ago
> After creating the first prototype I realized a number of things. While it was cool there wasn’t enough utility to justify creating another one. The only way I could have figured that out is by making and using this prototype for several months.
I did something similar with LEDs [not a cube, just a board with lights] to alert on various things before just having the Pi power an old wall mounted LCD I wasn't using anymore + a dashboard.
It is one of those ideas that is awesome in theory but its really hard to justify the time/effort beyond "FUN!"
- achariam 11y agoExactly, I agree wholeheartedly. There is a limited amount of granularity you can get with using colors. Incidentally, I'm also messing around with tiny displays now. - https://www.dropbox.com/s/r5993ylrqmjoegn/screentest.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/r5993ylrqmjoegn/screentest.jpg?dl=...
- fweespeech 11y agoThat looks neat. I honestly just used a standard wall mount display. ;)
- comrh 11y agoVery cool. What I've been really searching for is a large e-ink display. I'd love to do a RaspPi powered "cork board".
- achariam 11y agoOh nice, not sure how large you're thinking but if it's under 6 inches you could probably get one decently cheap from Alibaba(the Chinese Amazon). I think the larger displays (10 inches+) were only manufactured for special use cases like the Kindle DX hence the limited availability. Cool idea though!
- jlees 11y agoI did exactly the same using LEDs and an Ikea lamp housing, with a Pi running Python to poll different APIs. It wasn't too difficult to get something simple running, but yes, hard to justify significant time!