Between a busy work week and getting a stomach bug, there wasn’t much progress made over the last week. My biggest accomplishment was making a purchase from Adafruit for the remaining components needed for the server\/scoreboard. Does spending money count as an accomplishment? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was originally waiting for the 2mm pitch 64×64 RGB panels<\/a>, but they’ve been out of stock for over a month now, so I settled on the 3mm pitch<\/a> ones instead. They were a touch more expensive, but the size is fine, I’m not too particular on that aspect. I still haven’t formalized the scoreboard design exactly, but I should probably do a write up of my first thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was originally planning on using an ESP32-S2 Metro board for the scoreboard, but based on initial research, it looks like it might struggle to drive the 2 64×64 panels. So I added in one of the MatrixPortal boards<\/a> instead. I’m hoping this will make my life easier for 20 bucks. Since this project uses CircuitPython, the hardware itself shouldn’t be a complicating factor. If I were writing the C code directly, I’d probably put more emphasis on using common hardware. With this purchase, I should have everything I need for the server\/scoreboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n