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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Viewette 8mm editor / Retro Picomite
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| ebbandflow Regular Member  Joined: 31/08/2023 Location: United StatesPosts: 42 |
Hello! New here & wanted to share a picomite project I'm working on. It's a little 8mm film editor/viewer that is being repurposed into a tiny picomite 'computer'. A WaveShare 2.8 screen fit snugly behind the lightly frosted glass. The touch layer was removed from the screen along with the touch controller chip itself to avoid issues and recover a few pins. I found the perfect short micro USB to USB A panel mount cable for connection to terraterm but I hope to connect a ps/2 keyboard directly in the future. There are a couple panel mount LED locations, a keyed switch, and a red laser mounted inside, but not yet connected. The 8 buttons are wired to a 'Serial Wombat' as a expander - got the pico and wombat talking over I2C yesterday and called it a night. After further reading here and in the manual I wonder if I may swap the wombat for a second pico... We'll see! Have a lot more ideas brewing but for now I'm in love with drawing random snowflakes and playing polar snake during my downtime. Many thanks for all the hard work & great stuff here. -James p.s. please excuse the dirty desk        |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Hello.  Welcome to the forums. Excellent project, and a nice way to reuse an old film editor!  Waveshare produce some really interesting and affordable boards like the one you are using there. Those are currently only US$20, which is a really good deal for what they have packed onto it! LINK... Keep us all updated on progress and on any other projects you dream up.  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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Mixtel90 Guru  Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7937 |
Oh, really nice, James. That editor's made a really nice project case.Welcome to the MMBasic world of antiques and curios - and that's only the inhabitants.  Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5090 |
Nice !!! The pico will also support sound, so you could even add a speaker. When you record a sound of a running projector, you can even play that as a WAV or FLAC file... To accompany the snow flakes... Adding the film wheels on arms would make it really complete, but increases the size significantly... Volhout Edited 2023-09-14 17:00 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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| Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7937 |
Especially with a little (stepper!) motor to drive them. :) Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3378 |
That's some fine work there. Congratulations, and welcome to the forum. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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