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AN ELECTRONIC LITESHOW DISPLAY

Part 2: Controlling the Lights with Software

by James Antonakos

Start ý Recap ý Software Initialization ý Building a Bit Pattern ý Outputting Data to the Display ý Scrolling the Display Pattern ý Handling Network Messages ý Other Uses ý Sources and PDF

OTHER USES

Because each panel measures 4ý ý 4ý, they can be stacked on top of each other as well as side by side. When the LiteShow display was first constructed, the panels were arranged as two rows of three panels, making a display that was 8ý ý 12ý. I wrote several applications to use the LiteShow in this arrangement, such as a Ping-Pong game, a mouse maze, and some simple animated scenes (fireworks, the current time, and a holiday tree with blinking lights). The number of display arrangements for the LiteShow is only limited by your imagination.

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