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my 3D Printed Color Nipkow Display

PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:31 am
by mac70
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to share my DIY project of a 3D Printed Color Nipkow Display here. It's not actually a receiver for NBTV signals (just a display), but I thought it might be interesting anyway.
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Since a long time I wanted to create a mechanical Nipkow display based on Arduino which can be easily reproduced without complex mechanical machining. So I decided to design and 3d-print all necessary components - including the Nipkow disk itself. The project is based around the Arduino Mega and I published everything for download in case someone is interested (see links below).

Perhaps an interesting detail is that I used a color RGB LED (6 bits per channel) instead of a monochrome light source which most of the projects have I saw. The disk in this project produces an 32x32 pixel image at RGB666 color depth. It can achive 25-30fps max framerate, so enough for stable and flicker-free images. The relatively high color-depth and frame-rate improves the image quality.
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Here is a video including some impressions of moving 32-line color pictures and the build instructions on YouTube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmISP_fAAws&t=2s

A detailed description of the project including the BOM and software can be found on my hackster project page :
https://www.hackster.io/mac70/3d-printed-color-nipkow-display-380c33

Let me know what you think / happy to answer any questions
Mac70

Re: my 3D Printed Color Nipkow Display

PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 8:17 pm
by Viewmaster
I found that very impressive, Mac. Not only the project itself but your very detailed explanation of how you built it, even down to the size of the screws used.

Re: my 3D Printed Color Nipkow Display

PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2022 8:32 am
by FlyMario
the picture looks nice! Especially since it is 3D printed. Good going!

Re: my 3D Printed Color Nipkow Display

PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 7:13 am
by Lawnboy
This is really impressive- it even made Hack A Day. https://hackaday.com/2022/05/27/3d-print-a-colour-tv/
Thanks for including a complete guide to building it. This is a great way for people like me to bridge the gap between analog NBTV and computer controlled displays. Have you considered submitting it for publication in the NBTVA newsletter?

Re: my 3D Printed Color Nipkow Display

PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:20 am
by mac70
Thanks for the positive feedback, much appreciated.
Not sure if this would be suitable for the NBTV newsletter, since it's not really a receiver for NBTV signals, unfortunately.