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Craig Bishop

I’m pretty happy with the refresh rate from the new FPGA board! 36 SPI buses each at 70 MHz driving 144 128x128 pixel LCDs, each inside a 3D printed keycap mounted on a mechanical keyboard switch. It’s nice and clacky!

Jul 22, 2024, 05:18 PM·Public·Mastodon for iOS
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Craig Bishop

New FPGA driver board and in-progress shots. The 9 flat flex connectors with 4 SPI buses each work like a charm. No SI issues yet, but I definitely don’t want to measure EMI on this beast. There’s room to spread the clocks over different phases if needed though.

FOGA board with 9 flat flex connectors, 40 pins each, to drive all the LCDs
18x8 grid of 128x128 pixel LCDs mounted on 3D printed key caps on mechanical key switches
One of the LCDs had a soldering issue on the 12-pin flat flex connector on the bottom
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Ryan Makes, Dreamscaper

@craigjb I want to try this out!! Come do a demo in Toronto...?

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Jari Komppa 🇫🇮

@craigjb does it also work as a hand warmer? ;)

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Craig Bishop

@sol_hsa Yes, in fact, it does warm your hands 😝. 20 watts of LED backlights will do that. It’s a… bonus feature!

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Jari Komppa 🇫🇮

@craigjb When I got a powerbook (oh god, 20 years ago already), it dried my hands so much that dry skin peeled off my fingers. Just a word of warning =)

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