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[MikeBeradino]

This Flip-dot project looks awesome! Any chance you have a more detailed schematic or PCB layout you would be willing to share? The idea of using the ws2811 is great! How has it worked for you so far?

[MKdent]

Hello MikeBeradino,
thanks for your nice comment! Yes it's working well. I did not had much time to go further, but this weekend I made a short video for you where you can see two cascading pcbs( https://youtu.be/ZCjcpKwgIRs). I have to make a nice enclosure with better cable management... Also I broke some pcbs in the beginning because of stupidly confusing the 5V and 12v pins.....So I do not have much pcbs left, which were quite expensive to produce by the way. Double sided assembly with 6 layers....In the video you can hear my 3d printer producing some frame for the display. So I hope I will find some time to go on. So please stay tuned and a little patient. When I do some further testing I will certainly update the project and share the idea.

[louis-lau]

Looks so good! I've recently gotten my hands on 4 16*28 brose panels. Thinking about desoldering them and using this schematic to create my own pcb. Glad to see this is working well for you. What's your pixel diameter? I feel like mine are a little bigger but not entirely sure, would mean more room on the pcb.

[MikeBeradino]

Nice! Thanks for the up date and the video! I have a few pcbs on the way based off of the ws2811, I am not sure if the design will scale. I will post a video if there is any success with my project. I look forward to your update!@

[MKdent]

@louis-lau Hi, they have a diameter of 8mm .
@MikeBeradino Happy seeing your version soon!

[louis-lau]

@MKdent Thank you! Had to pull the ones I got a while ago out of storage to measure them, and it looks like they're 15 mm. So we'll see if I have an easier time whenever I find the time to work on this 😁