[Achu Wilson’s] latest creation is a VGA message board which is written to via SMS text messages. This doesn’t sound too interesting at first, until you find out he’s doing this with a microcontroller ...

We’re not sure, but the number of recognizable alphanumeric characters that a seven-segment display can manage seems to have more to do with human pattern recognition than engineering. It takes some ...

I just aquired the above message board but it has come without the programing device.<BR><BR>However it has an 9 pin serial port and I found the following pinout on a ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - A trio of Wisconsin Department of Transportation message board signs along Highway 53 will begin to display travel times beginning Monday, Oct. 18. The three message boards ...

The NYPD is improving its communications skills. With LED signs. New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly on Tuesday announced that the NYPD is equipping police cars with a scrolling blue ...