LED window display

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Collecting notes for the LED window display.

Anyone have ideas for a better project name???


System Architecture

Display arch.png

nCode

This is intended to be a common format that is read by the computer connected to the LED driver. The syntax is based on JSON. The pixels in the frames represent Red, Green, Blue, and Alpha values. It is assumed that 0,0 is in the upper left corner of the display.


   {
       width: 3,
       height: 3,
       loop: true,
       framerate: 10,
       meta: {
           title: "",
           creator: "",
           description: ""
       },
       frames: [
           [
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], 
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], 
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255]
           ],
           [
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], 
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], 
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255]
           ],
           [
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], 
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], 
               [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255], [255,255,255,255]
           ]
       ]
   }

Hardware

Rainbowduino x 3

http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/rainbowduino-led-driver-platform-atmega-328-p-371.html?cPath=163_169

Wire: about 110' per 16 x 4 section.

RGB LEDs (see below).

Purchases

http://cgi.ebay.com/100-pcs-5mm-RGB-LED-4000mcd-Common-Cathode-Free-R-/390294708451?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5adf60a0e3#ht_1756wt_907 - 100 RGB LEDs.