After a long hiatus, it’s time to revisit the LED matix project.
- Pattern generation on board. Most of Ishani’s fun procedural patterns are fast enough to run on the AVR (at least for 8x8).
- Live editing of animation and pattern parameters from the PC.
- Accelerometer and microphone input to influence pattern parameters. VU meter, anyone?
- Accelerometer based tap interface. Change animations/patterns on the fly without pesky computers.
- Short-range IR communication between unit edges. Share your animations between units. Arbitrary extended display geometry? Think Tiletoy, but prettier.
- Keep the display board as-is for now since it works and is a hassle to change. In the future it might be worth considering either 1) dropping some of the currently unused signals to simplify the connector or 2) working out a 4-layer board with both display and MCU on a single card.
Mmmm… Ambitiousness.
