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Scanwheel is a drum style mechanical television you can build yourself

by tobr on 7/25/2026, 2:10:43 PM

https://github.com/AncientJames/Scanwheel/

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by: iefbr14

Unfortunately the video link points to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;example.com&#x2F;docs" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;example.com&#x2F;docs</a>

7/25/2026, 5:01:08 PM


by: bensmoif

It&#x27;s stunning. The video speaks for itself. Please scale this up, like way up back of a truckbed size. This would be delightful to see spinning and running IRL.<p>Then get a grant and make one as wide as a city street

7/25/2026, 6:40:07 PM


by: CrzyLngPwd

Okay, that is genuinely amazing.<p>Love it, thank you for sharing and for being inspiring :-)

7/25/2026, 6:50:48 PM


by: josh-wrale

I can see this being applied to hubcaps in the future.

7/25/2026, 5:46:53 PM


by: pbronez

How do you get the flashing LED synced up to the spinning pinholes? Maybe the motor provides some positioning feedback so you just have to line it up once…

7/25/2026, 7:45:24 PM


by: effnorwood

eat it hdmi

7/25/2026, 7:46:45 PM


by: lagrange77

Absolutely fantastic!<p>The video URL doesn&#x27;t seem to be correct, through. ;)

7/25/2026, 4:50:34 PM


by: lstodd

about the same idea as nipkow disk<p>nowadays when people don&#x27;t want to go the rotating led bar way, which requires very high density led strips (hundreds of ~200-400 mil smd leds) and the accordingly complex control circuitry (basically an FPGA per bar + high speed bus, etc), they do nipkow disk but with individual leds instead of holes. this way you can get away with tens of leds while still having a reasonable sized picture and not that much bandwidth to drive it.<p>edit: another, less sophisticated take is for example<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hackaday.io&#x2F;project&#x2F;191947-rotating-led-display&#x2F;details" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hackaday.io&#x2F;project&#x2F;191947-rotating-led-display&#x2F;deta...</a>

7/25/2026, 7:03:30 PM


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7/25/2026, 5:06:45 PM