My idea has been revised to create a ticker for the home that displays the current schedule of the East River Ferry in NYC.
The user in this case is my boyfriend ❤️ who takes the ⛴️ ferry with our 🐕 dog to his workplace everyday. The value prop? He can glance over at the ferry times in the morning and can get ready quicker and without the use of his cellphone in the mornings at all! What a great way to start the day 🙂
Inspo:
Image source.
Prototype circuit and form
Here’s a sketch of what I’m envisioning for the encasement, using corrugated wavy plastic (it’s giving waves!) for the top and bottom of the box, and acrylic sheets for the sides.
It will have to be a fairly thin box to fit on the side-shelf of the desk in the office, which feels like the best place for it in our house. If I can’t find corrugated plastic that I like, I will make the whole box out of frosted acrylic from Canal Plastics using a tab and slot method (see second drawing). I also like the triangle formation and might move in that direction (I need to grab the dimensions of our shelf and check some angles out this week before creating the vector diagram for the laser cutter).
For the circuit, Adafruit supplies (listed above and in my doc) have been ordered. I also just realized that I’m missing the button in my diagram above, and I have to update my diagram.
I’m also starting to explore the code here using this resource as a baseline
(-> https://www.hackster.io/ericBcreator/1024-led-matrix-wifi-message-board-with-menu-web-interface-1b2666) and Becky’s help!
My Google Doc draft tutorial:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ve_EmIc0rhf3G6LIEIOIoHzqF_URn0q_YEYLMiaOCH4/edit?tab=t.0
My Instructables profile: https://www.instructables.com/member/mpreston21
My Instructables draft preview: https://www.instructables.com/preview/E8JUASDM3OGT4BJ/