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Looking for a small display recommendation

colporteur
colporteur over 2 years ago

Does any member have a recommendation for a small display that is appropriate for scrolling from right to left?

After an hour culling the adafruit website with few returns, I have come to the E14 community hopefully to get a recommendation. I've been asked to build a two signs, one that scrolls "Welcome to Snow Island"  and the other "Thank you for Visiting Snow" Island. The signs will be positioned on top of a bridge on an HO scale model railroad layout.

I had hoped to use a MAX7219 Dot led Matrix MCU 8x32 but it is way to large for the foot print I have to work with. The bridge has a large flat surface about 4X4 inches to hold the sign.

Like any model railroad project cost is a factor. I don't have a big budget. I'm hoping to combine the display with an Nano Arduino to simulate a continuous text scrolling road sign to message visitors.

If your suggestions could contain the source for the part that would be great.

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  • colporteur
    colporteur over 2 years ago +5
    Thank you for the input folks. Here are two displays I have ordered. If the displays on the left work it should be fairly simple to finish the project. Very little work on my part. The display on the right…
  • colporteur
    colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to colporteur +4
    community.element14.com/.../IMG_5F00_2289.MOV Do I buy or do I build? The S1144 (far left) displays arrived today. After installing the configuration software the display I wanted was working. At $10…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave +3
    Just saw these, look quite nice, just under 3.7" wide, available in many colors, and very cheap! However they either work for the use-case, or don't, since the behaviour of them is only configurable…
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    BigG over 2 years ago

    I suppose the question to ask yourself is, how small can the text font be before it becomes illegible.

    OLED's are small and the text font is tiny. As the text display crisp and clear it's fine for close viewing but at the distance it's not much use.

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    BigG over 2 years ago

    I suppose the question to ask yourself is, how small can the text font be before it becomes illegible.

    OLED's are small and the text font is tiny. As the text display crisp and clear it's fine for close viewing but at the distance it's not much use.

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