Starling: A simple internet connected modular led display.
Sandeep (talk) 15:46, 19 November 2015 (IST)
Introducing Starling, the modular internet connected display to show your tweeter feed, game scores, upcoming meetings, news or simply your name. Features:
- Modular: Individuals modules can be added on the fly without changing the firmware or the software.
- MCU driven: Individual LED modules are driven by Atmega8 instead of ASIC. It allows flexibility addressing, programming and interface support.
- Cloud Connected: The modules are are driven by ESP8266 which also connects to a WiFi Router and though it the the Internet.
- MQTT: reliable and fast. The Starling is connected to the MQTT broker hosted on a scalable clould
- Smart-Phone Apps: Apps for Android and iOS to display text or custom messages.
- Hackable with APIs: The APIs provide a way to easily display anything on the internet from twitter feed to scores, for the programmer in you.