blog.makezine.com - 8/30/2008
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Tom Ward, whose work will appear in The Best of Instructables book we're currently editing, has just posted an awesome new "extreme business card." It uses a matrix of 5x15 0603 LEDs driven by a PIC16F57 MCU. He says you can get the parts cost down to about $5 each in quantity. Not the ...
instructables.com - 8/29/2008
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instructables.com —
If my flashlight business card isn't advanced enough
for you, then how about one with a full...
graphical display on it that can be customised for a number of scrolling messages? This one could be made in quantity for about a $5 parts cost, and it is ...
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Dot Matrix Business Card
video.google.com - 8/29/2008
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Dot Matrix Business Card
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... of your messages.
While the materials seem pretty easy to find online, the construction does require some know-how, including soldering skills and a way to program the card’s PIC microcontroller. And while Tom admits that making these by yourself by the hundreds is not easy or cheap, he is optimistic that they can be commercially produced which should drastically reduce the per-unit costs.
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