LED DotStar Display - Intellivision graphics
- 4 years ago
Quick demo of my little wearable display.
Apologies for the slightly washed out colors (due to camera over-exposure). The colors are brilliant and vivid in real life.
It is composed of:
1. Adafruit's DotStar Matrix 16x16 of 256 RGB LED Pixels (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2735)
2. Raspberry Pi B+
3. Custom circuit using Adafruit's Perma-Proto HAT for Pi Mini Kit - No EEPROM (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2310)
4. Custom C++ software that utilizes the ImageMagick API
5. Various animated GIF files of the Intellivision graphics
Note: the graphics are deliberately blocky to honor the retro gaming console, the Intellivision. Also, the current graphics were originally created for an earlier implementation that used a smaller 8x8 pixel display. The GIFs will later be updated to 16x16 resolution to take advantage of the enhanced screen resolution and show more detailed Intellivision graphics.
Disclaimer #1: The names and logos of Intellivision, Astrosmash, the Intellivision Running Man, and phrases from various Intellivision demo cartridges are owned and/or registered as trademarks by ©Intellivision Productions, Inc. (http://intellivisiongames.com).
Disclaimer #2: This wearable display is not for sale. No profit is being made by me from either the hardware or software. It is a one-off project for myself. If this changes in the future (very unlikely), the Intellivision graphical content would not be included with it unless it was licensed from Intellivision Productions, Inc.
Apologies for the slightly washed out colors (due to camera over-exposure). The colors are brilliant and vivid in real life.
It is composed of:
1. Adafruit's DotStar Matrix 16x16 of 256 RGB LED Pixels (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2735)
2. Raspberry Pi B+
3. Custom circuit using Adafruit's Perma-Proto HAT for Pi Mini Kit - No EEPROM (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2310)
4. Custom C++ software that utilizes the ImageMagick API
5. Various animated GIF files of the Intellivision graphics
Note: the graphics are deliberately blocky to honor the retro gaming console, the Intellivision. Also, the current graphics were originally created for an earlier implementation that used a smaller 8x8 pixel display. The GIFs will later be updated to 16x16 resolution to take advantage of the enhanced screen resolution and show more detailed Intellivision graphics.
Disclaimer #1: The names and logos of Intellivision, Astrosmash, the Intellivision Running Man, and phrases from various Intellivision demo cartridges are owned and/or registered as trademarks by ©Intellivision Productions, Inc. (http://intellivisiongames.com).
Disclaimer #2: This wearable display is not for sale. No profit is being made by me from either the hardware or software. It is a one-off project for myself. If this changes in the future (very unlikely), the Intellivision graphical content would not be included with it unless it was licensed from Intellivision Productions, Inc.