Giant seven segment display

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Giant seven segment display

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Windell Oskay of EMSL found this 12-inch seven segment display on his trip to electronics megacity of Shenzhen, China, and he started hacking a controller for it right there in the hotel room:

As part of the China trip last week, we had a little scavenger hunt, where the challenge was to build something with parts and tools acquired at the electronics markets.

Here’s what I found: a single-digit seven-segment LED display with twelve inch digit height. (Whoa!)

When I came across this display, it was in the display case of a vendor at the SEG electronic market– it was too tall for the display area so they had to put it in sideways, next to the 8″ displays. (It’s the one with the green protective film.)

2 thoughts on “Giant seven segment display

  1. Math Campbell says:

    That’s pretty damned cool.
    I’d love to get one of those in the UK; I’d settle for even a 6 itch one…
    Better yet I’d love it in green (or especially blue. Blue Glowing Thingies FTM).

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Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.

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