On Mon, 14 May 2007 11:45:09 +0100, in comp.arch.embedded Mike G
<no@spam.ta> wrote:
>Firstly, my apologies to our friends over the herring pond for the
>Euro/UK-centric nature of this post (although I'm sure you have
>similar things in the US).
>
>Watching the Eurovision Song contest on Saturday night, I was
>impressed by the LED displays on both the backdrop and stage.
>
>What sort of processing is involved in these massive LED screens? Just
>getting them to sync must be a mammoth task. Do they make use of the
>commercial chips from Maxim et al, or is there a more esoteric
>solution.
>
>I'm not asking for any trade secrets - I'm just interested to hear the
>experiences from anyone who has been involved with this type of
>project.
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
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Monster stuff
Fortunately I missed the the Eurosong contest (again)
martin
Reply by Martin Walton●May 14, 20072007-05-14
tusunov@my-deja.com wrote:
> Mike G ������:
>> Firstly, my apologies to our friends over the herring pond for the
>> Euro/UK-centric nature of this post (although I'm sure you have
>> similar things in the US).
>>
>> Watching the Eurovision Song contest on Saturday night, I was
>> impressed by the LED displays on both the backdrop and stage.
>
> are you sure these were LED displays at all?
> I got the impression these were laser projectors
>
> Best regards
> Tsvetan
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>
> Firstly, my apologies to our friends over the herring pond for the
> Euro/UK-centric nature of this post (although I'm sure you have
> similar things in the US).
>
> Watching the Eurovision Song contest on Saturday night, I was
> impressed by the LED displays on both the backdrop and stage.
are you sure these were LED displays at all?
I got the impression these were laser projectors
Best regards
Tsvetan
---
PCB prototypes for $26 at http://run.to/pcb (http://www.olimex.com/
pcb)
Development boards for ARM, AVR, PIC, MAXQ2000 and MSP430 (http://
www.olimex.com/dev)
Reply by Mike G●May 14, 20072007-05-14
Firstly, my apologies to our friends over the herring pond for the
Euro/UK-centric nature of this post (although I'm sure you have
similar things in the US).
Watching the Eurovision Song contest on Saturday night, I was
impressed by the LED displays on both the backdrop and stage.
What sort of processing is involved in these massive LED screens? Just
getting them to sync must be a mammoth task. Do they make use of the
commercial chips from Maxim et al, or is there a more esoteric
solution.
I'm not asking for any trade secrets - I'm just interested to hear the
experiences from anyone who has been involved with this type of
project.
Thanks,
Mike