Arduino LDTV

This is definitely the coolest project I've done with my Arduino. I've basically turned it into a monitor (driving the Sparkfun RGB LED Matrix Backpack controller), and it is paired, via serial-USB, with a Python program which is pumping scaled-down frames from an AVI file to the Arduino in real-time. So it's television - on an 8x8 pixel display!

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  Entertainment

[Roger Snowden]

Oh, man. What I would give to see Beavis and Butthead on Low Def.

[mpesce]

Wait, you mean it _isn't_ low def?

[patternsinchaos]

That's hysterical!

[mpesce]

Given the drive toward high-definition, it seemed perfectly reasonable. ;-)

[gonepishing]

you had better be using HDMI cable!

GOLD PLATED!

[kopaganda13]

LOL. I have an arduino too, and that's very cool! I understand the complications of degrading an image to an 8x8 pixel screen, and I still think it's cool. Good job!

[hXc232]

It's not ar-doo-ee-no, it's ar-dweeno

[gadget1414]

Do you mind sharing your python code? I tried doing the same thing in Processing on a 16x32 led matrix display from ADAFRUIT, but I believe Processing is too slow and the framerate drops below 4fps.

[legoclockfreak710]

you should have labled it "Arduino XLDTV" i think thats pretty self-explanitory!

[Ali Mestassi]

good start!!!! 

[bigfoot156]

why not?

[MickLionheart]

Arduino + Ubuntu nice trendy open source setup going. On the real, make the arduino play the video from an SD card for added kicks.

[Peter Schmidt]

you should try a cartoon like the simpsons where theres more generic colors and more easily distinguishable

[cheeseboat15]

+FAV

[TheSwanies]

YAY! UBUNTU!

[XenonJohnD]

Someone did a research project with something like this where each pixel was replaced by a tiny buzzer and the whole lot was mounted in a garment so the array of buzzers was on back of the person about 1ft square against skin. With training a blind person could "see" with it (in low res of course).

John