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General Discussion / Re: Tinyduino aircraft gauges?
« on: May 09, 2015, 09:52:45 AM »
After looking more closely at the Tinyshield options, I have a few more thoughts....
Has anyone messed around with reflector rings to get direct the light from the edge LEDs towards the front? Also, if anyone has any video of the Tinyshield LED matrix in action I'd love to see it.
Cheers,
Matthew
- The edge LED arc shield is interesting, but I'd need some sort of reflector ring to direct the light forward, and for some applications like a compass you really need 360 degrees. Also, the connector is on the wrong side (female on front vs. male on back) if the LED are to be at the front of the stack.
- The circle edge LED is also nice and gives 360 degrees but it would also need a reflector ring and odd choice of 21 total LEDs makes it pretty much impossible to have symmetrical indication in all directions.
- The matrix LED shield is promising, but again the odd choice of a 6x9 matrix makes it more difficult to have symmetrical indications, though I think there are probably enough to get by.
Has anyone messed around with reflector rings to get direct the light from the edge LEDs towards the front? Also, if anyone has any video of the Tinyshield LED matrix in action I'd love to see it.
Cheers,
Matthew