UcHeckle

Pro-Lite TruColorII PL-M2014R LED Sign

The display is 28" wide and 4.25" high and displays 16 5x7 characters at a time, in a scrolling display.

The UcHeckle package is fairly small and transportable, consisting of:

• The SIGN

• Plus wall-wart (power transformer to plug in the wall)

• The uClinux Hecklebot device

• Plus wall-wart (power transformer to plug in the wall)

• Plug into 10BaseT Ethernet (use Wi-Fi bridge for wireless, such as Linksys WET-11)

• serial cable connects between uClinux device and the above SIGN

More info can be found here: http://www.toyz.org/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi/HeckleBot

Links and More Info

• Main HeckleBot Page

• README

• Configuration

• Troubleshooting

• How to use a camera tripod as a portable stand for the HeckleBot

• EarthLink OMAHA Developer Documentation

Purchasing

The PL-M2014R LED signs are available at my local Office Depot with RS-232 cable for $208 (while supplies last, a few left in stock). The following web site says it has used ones for $125: http://68.156.23.79:82/jlist2.htm I've seen the signs on Ebay for under $100 ($160 Buy It Now).

Download

• Hecklebot Source Code for applications that run on the uClinux embedded device

• EarthLink OMAHA Development Kit required to build the code on a Linux development host

-- DavidBeckemeyer