6 messages, times 256 bytes per message, is 1,500 bytes. No, the BS2 by itself doesn't have that much memory. However, you could easily add a 2K byte EEPROM to store that much data.
Now, the LED's might be a little harder. I count 7 LED's high, 21 LED's across, for 147 LED's. That's a lot of LED's to control.
So the short answer is the BS2 could do this with some external hardware. How fast it could do it is another question.
I've tried to find the manual for this beast.· Conceivably you can program with an IR signal -- in which case, the BS2 could do even more.
Post Edited (allanlane5) : 3/26/2005 11:48:44 PM GMT
It would be pricey but you could use a BS2 and four MAX7219 LED multiplexers (one for each character). If you look back through the Nuts & Volts columns on our web site you'll find an article where I show how to scroll characters through a single character matrix display.
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Now, the LED's might be a little harder. I count 7 LED's high, 21 LED's across, for 147 LED's. That's a lot of LED's to control.
So the short answer is the BS2 could do this with some external hardware. How fast it could do it is another question.
I've tried to find the manual for this beast.· Conceivably you can program with an IR signal -- in which case, the BS2 could do even more.
Post Edited (allanlane5) : 3/26/2005 11:48:44 PM GMT
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http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/appkit/max7298leddisplaydvr.pdf
and Jon's article:
http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/cols/nv/vol2/col/nv70.pdf
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