
BeagleBone Black project spotlight: The Octoscroller
By Tara Stratton New York is one of the brightest places on Earth. Times Square is definitely a large factor, but now a new BeagleBone Black-based project, the Octoscroller, is adding to the glow. The Octoscroller, which you may have seen at Maker Faire New York a few weeks ago, is a project created by NYC Resistors Trammel Hudson and Matt Mets. The Octoscroller is a classic message alert polygon featuring eight 16×32 RGB LED matrix panels. It features LEDS at eight to 16 levels of brightness for each color (producing approximately 12-bit color). The userspace application renders images into … Continue reading BeagleBone Black project spotlight: The Octoscroller