/Flippity210

Control board and library for BUSE 210 flip dot displays

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Flippity210

Control board and library for BUSE BS210 flip dot displays. Might also work with BS110 (non-led version)

  • This project enables you to control these beautiful flip-dot displays via I2C the same way you use I2C oled displays for example.
  • The library supports Adafruit GFX which enables you to draw fonts and geometry.
  • Custom PCB and schematic is provided in the repository and replaces the original control board.
  • The board has pin header to connect ESP-01 / ESP-1 directly
  • Supports up to 4 daisy-chained displays with the default firmware, up to 8 in theory with SW changes.

What's needed to make it work:

  • Assembled custom board (see repository wiki page and schematic notes)
  • 24V adapter (see repository wiki)
  • Arduino IDE to flash the board and optionally STM32 Cube Programmer to flash the USB bootloader
  • Arduino compatible board to control the display via I2c. Tested with Arduino (uno, nano, pro mini), Raspberry Pi Pico, ESP8266 and ESP32 - pinouts included in the example sketch
  • See project wiki https://github.com/mcer12/Flippity210/wiki

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