I'm working on getting some old flip dot displays up and running again, more precise the single 5 x 7 modules that bigger displays are made of.

There are lots of these projects around the internet but I found them to be hard for an electronics noob like me, and so I put the modules back in one of the "will fix later" drawers. With the current state of AI I decided to give it a go.

My Fluke and me did some measurements and Claude did the hard work afterwards. Prototype worked on a breadboard so I let it cook further and now I've got some PCBs coming in from China.

Still got a lot of respect for soldering some (quite large) SMD components but I think I'll get it done.

My plan is to revive as many modules as possible (got around 30) and build clocks from them to gift away to family and friends.