Nice handiwork, Nick! perhaps your next DIY could be a Vestaboard? Those are super cool but $3,000. Looking forward to seeing your next SFO planespotting vid, when that arrives. Keep up the good work.
One thing you didn’t mention are the two different types of processors used to drive these. Some use a Raspberry Pi, some use microcontrollers. There are pros and cons for each. The Pi-based models can be subject to SD card corruption, which I’ve seen multiple times on multiple maps. Most of those incidents seem to be due to power interruptions or surges, or being shut off without a normal shutdown. The only microcontroller-based solutions I’ve worked with use an ESP8266. These don’t seem to suffer from power related issues, and have no SD card storage. Those inclined to tinker with the software will find significant differences as well, but that’s an entirely different subject!
Nice handiwork, Nick! perhaps your next DIY could be a Vestaboard? Those are super cool but $3,000. Looking forward to seeing your next SFO planespotting vid, when that arrives. Keep up the good work.
One thing you didn’t mention are the two different types of processors used to drive these. Some use a Raspberry Pi, some use microcontrollers. There are pros and cons for each.
The Pi-based models can be subject to SD card corruption, which I’ve seen multiple times on multiple maps. Most of those incidents seem to be due to power interruptions or surges, or being shut off without a normal shutdown.
The only microcontroller-based solutions I’ve worked with use an ESP8266. These don’t seem to suffer from power related issues, and have no SD card storage.
Those inclined to tinker with the software will find significant differences as well, but that’s an entirely different subject!
It already 2024 are you gonna be back on March