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LED Scoreboard idea for MLB fans

XlratorXlrator Posts: 8
edited 2007-08-09 00:38 in BASIC Stamp
I had an idea at the sportsbar. An LED sign that displays the same data as the graphic bar on the top of the TV broadcast. There are a handful of desktop widgets and live gameplay flash apps that show that info and so much more.

My idea is using a Visual Basic program that connects to http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/ and finds the game to display and it's XML files. Grabs proper attributes and sends them to BS2. Stamp uses 4 MAX6953 to light 16 5x7 charecters and 3 LEDs for 1b, 2b, and 3b.

Like this:
NYY xx BOS xx <^> xx^ 3-2 2

New_Scorebug_Baseball_Crop.jpg

Will this arrangement work with a stamp or pic, and would anyone like to work on this with me? I'm not the best programmer in the world. I figure a majority of the work will be done on the PC side with the program finding and parsing the XML.

Ben

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