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Re: Wearable Construction

From: Mark Willis <>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 17:17:36 -0800

Rehmi Post wrote:
> Charles J Knight wrote:
> > 2 things -- why would you need an array for a nipkow device, since they
> > are supposed to use a single modulated source per display?  Unless
> > you intend to build an array of linked displays, like Rehmi did.  (4
> > displays "on top" of each other, all on the same disk)
> 
> I guess this point wasn't clear.  Each LED is driven by a separate pixel
> stream to create a unique set of scanlines. The little MPEG clip on my page
> shows the Nipkow disk built for 4 separate LEDs but actually driven by only
> one. In a single revolution of the disk, 4 groups of 32 scanlines are swept
> out.  Each group is just tall enough to be driven by a few  SMT LEDs
> side-by-side in a 1206 package.
> 
> If you're willing to spend a few bucks, you could just modify my Postscript
> code [1] to fill in the disk area with black and then have it rendered to
> film at a print shop for a sufficiently opaque mask.
> 
>     -Rehmi
> 
> [1] - linked from http://www.media.mit.edu/~rehmi/rotoscope/

It's all "Designers' Option", I wanted a slower rotational speed due to
precession being a concern, though you could use a counter-rotating
motor to fix that, at a cost of power usage.

Rehmi, any problems with precession during movement of the users' head? 

Wind-up, hmmm <G>

  Mark

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