Some funny road sign hacks

[TransAmDan]

We all have seen these road sign displays. looks like other countries don't have to go though the message scrutiny that UK councils have to abide to.




Great way to divert the traffic.

 

[sarah]

Haha, you could do this couldn't you Dan??

 

[TransAmDan]

the company I work for make the displays. The factory is in Ireland, we do mainly sale/support and design in the UK office. Occasionally I fly to Southern Ireland to test my design on the hardware. This sign below is about 10 meters long and 3 meters. Dot resolution of 378x88 pixels in Yellow and While


This is the controller behind it all. It takes in a LVDS or DVI signal. Cuts out the top left hand corner of the display and generate LED data. This is done across 4 FPGA's so we had enough pins. Many ribbons cables here. The controller also detect is 1 LED has failed too, and can report back to the head office.


All great fun.