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Blanka:

You can do it with an Arduino and some led matrix elements. Sparkfun has led matrices with a matrix-encoder board connected. This way you can send serial data from the arduino directly.

Marky_1979:

Sorry blanka you lost me with this could you dumb it down for me whats an Arduino?

Blanka:

Arduino is a super simple micro-controller running over USB.
www.arduino.cc
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/arduino-led-matrix-message-board-part-2/1843378908
http://www.electronics-lab.com/blog/?p=2310

grantspain:

i will get the info for you tomorrow,it can be programmed using a remote

headkaze:

If you check out the Video section on the GameEx website you can see a few videos of cabs using LED displays with my plugin. The plugin supports the BetaBrite (USB or Serial) LED sign.

There is also a plugin for MaLa by loadman called "Serial Display" that will output to a BetaBrite sign.

Finally for everything else there is LCDGen by Silver which will general .lcd files that can be sent directly to the com port via command line.

So the solution will depend on the hardware and front end you go for. But the BetaBrites are well supported although I think my plugin is the only one that currently supports the usb interface.

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