Re: led test
Andrew D Dixon wrote:
>
> Vince Mulhollon wrote:
> >
>
> > Uh, no. If you blink SOS, you'll have everyone who knows morse code
> > repeatedly rebooting the thing, or disassembling it because there is a
> > small person trapped inside trying to send a help message.
>
> Right. I should have mentioned that I was only going to do this for the
> first power on test and not at any shows or anything like that. It
> should be a fun gag though. One of the guys in hardware is going to
> wire a smoke bomb inside.
>
> I should also mention that I have two rows of twelve leds to work with
> and they can all be red, green, or amber.
You could do a simple scanning "Night Rider"-esque display. Or for
inspiration, just go to your local Wal-Mart or electronics store and
look at the cheap bookshelf stereos. They do all kinds of crazy things
with the displays in demo mode.
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