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Mostly unrelated, but I (mostly Copilot) spent some time re-authoring a software stack of HUB75 displays in our office with rotating pixel art. A previous team
by darknavi 11d ago
Mostly unrelated, but I (mostly Copilot) spent some time re-authoring a software stack of HUB75 displays in our office with rotating pixel art. A previous team set them up on a overly-complex stack that relied on a bunch of services that haven't existed for years, getting them stuck in place for the last few years.
While I found the hardware pretty simple, HUB75 displays seem _very_ picky about over-volting. The setup is basically a simple controller (such as ESP32-Trinity) plugged directly into one HUB75 (potentially chained to a few more).
When running off of USB power it pulls the voltage down to ~4.7v and the image looks great. When running off our junky Amazon 5v barrel connectors the image gets all sorts of artifacting. Quite frustrating!
Anyhow, I can't recommend HUB75 displays enough. Toss some retro pixel art on there and it is such a nice little picture frame sized treat!
- GeorgeHahn 10d agoI suspect you can fix that by adding a level shifter between the display and the ESP32. Input voltage thresholds are relative to the voltage rail, which is why reducing the display's voltage relative to the ESP32's (3.3v) outputs make it able to read the data.
- q3k 10d agoThis really doesn't sound right. I've ran these from hundreds-of-watts industrial PSUs without any voltage sag and they did great. I suspect the clanker is making some shit up here, as always.
- darknavi 10d agoI am also not using anything near an industrial PSU. I am using cheap ($20) "5V" DC barrel chargers from Amazon (similar to a shabby laptop charger). Are you sure you aren't a clanker? You seemed to have missed some critical details from my short post.