my site address has changed:
http://pic.hitechworld.org
wiki was installed:
http://hitechworld.org
Here you see one prototype I built a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS8MEXvWjDE
5x5 LED matrix, 16f1824, 74hc595 anodes drive, fdv301N digital MOSFET kathodes sink.
MCP1640 dc/dc converter- works from 1.2v NiMH battery.
Scrolling message algorithm was programmed. To modularize it (RISC assembly), and to use proportional font, the complete scroll is at first built inside the internal RAM, and then read-out column-by-column. 1 byte= 1 column, only 5 bits are used.
Modularized means the bitmap generation from font, and the scrolling itself are completely independent.
bright LEDs by
a good days work, on Flickr