scottbez1/splitflap

Features

• Open-Source Hardware Designs - Provides open-source hardware designs and specifications for building mechanical rotating flap displays.
• Split-Flap Display Controllers - Provides a comprehensive controller system and specifications for driving mechanical split-flap displays using stepper motors.
• Hardware Channel Scaling - Allows chaining multiple controller boards to increase the number of manageable flap modules.
• Custom Hardware Drivers - Provides a scalable custom hardware driver system for managing arrays of display modules via chaining.
• Display Communication Interfaces - Implements hardware abstraction layers for routing character data to displays via serial protocols.
• Sensor Calibration Routines - Employs sensor calibration routines to find the home position and ensure accurate mechanical alignment.
• Home Position Detection - Uses hall-effect or infrared sensors to detect the physical starting point for precise character alignment.
• Hardware Daisy Chaining - Uses a daisy-chain topology to connect multiple driver boards in sequence for expanded module control.
• Mechanical Flap Drivers - Ships a driver system that rotates mechanical flap modules to advance the display to specific characters.
• Stepper Motor Controllers - Manages stepper motor rotation and acceleration to position physical characters accurately.
• Hardware Control Protocols - Provides a specialized application-layer binary protocol for transmitting commands and character data to hardware controllers.
• Hardware Control Packet Distribution - Implements the distribution of control data from a central source to a chain of distributed hardware nodes.
• Vector and SVG - Generates SVG vector files for printing flaps and cutting mechanical hardware components.
• Artwork Tools - Provides a utility to create vector design files for custom printed mechanical flaps.
• Flap Artwork Generators - Ships a utility to generate printable SVG design files for custom split-flap characters and fonts.
• Physical Asset Generation - Produces SVG files with configurable fonts and bleed settings for laser-cutting and printing physical flaps.
• Laser-Cut Hardware Chassis - Produces SVG files for laser-cutting hardware components and combined module faceplates.
• Mechanical Display Fabrication - Provides designs for building mechanical split-flap displays using laser-cut panels and custom flaps.
• Acceleration Ramps - Manages stepper motor speed changes using acceleration ramps to ensure smooth character transitions without slippage.
• Hardware Loopback Monitoring - Validates data integrity across the driver chain by reflecting signals back to detect transmission faults.

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