FlipDisc display - First test

As a peripheral project to Zusie, this is a display that will be used to show the contents of part of its memory area. It's a display constructed from flipdiscs (the same technique used on buses etc), that is, tiny discs that can flip to show either a black or a yellow side. They are flipped by reversing the current through a tiny coil under each disc. Once in a state, the disc will stay there until flipped again, even if power is cut, by way of magnetic remanence. This video shows a first test of my flipdisc display. It uses a PIC processor, which right now just flips the discs repeatedly, but later it will read the address and data buses of Zusie and display the memory contents on the display. The DIP switch on the control board will be used to set the base address of the display in Zusie's memory space.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• zusie
• relay computer
• flipdisc display

[Qbranch1024]

I was about to ask where you got one of these from but after the third comment I read saying junkyard... I decided I didn't need to ask. ^_^

Project looking good!

[nablaman]

@Qbranch1024 :-)

[bingley1234]

Hmm from a bus scrapyard , where abouts , Ive got mine from a bus scrapyard aswell! in Barnsley. is this made by Hanover Displays?

[nablaman]

@bingley1234 It was salvaged from a scrapped bus from Stockholm, Sweden. I have looked and looked but can't find any manufacturer anywhere on the module..

[whisk0r]

Where did you pick up the flip discs?

tymkrs

[nablaman]

@whisk0r They were a donation from a Zusie fan on the net =) He got them from an old bus in a scrapyard..

[puffleboy101]

Like it xD

[explorer914]

@nablaman Its probly made by a company called Mobitec. Google it for more info

[thebiglou13]

how would you controll it? (im a noob in hardware-working and a german, but i know a lot about programming, and game developing xD (for real =) ))

[Murdoch493]

Reminds me of Portal 2!

[TheCombineify]

beautiful

[Serostern]

@nablaman If you can make it show the illusion of a live pong game that would be AWESOME.

Even if you used something a bit smarter than Zusie. =P