I'm making an Envato Sales Counter for my office wall

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Here we go:

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Some 7-segment displays and a NodeMCU. Should be fun :slight_smile: I’ll post pics as I go.

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I thought you had done this before?

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Good memory :slight_smile: I did this one back in 2012 that counted some sales:

http://dtbaker.net/random-bits/dmd-arduino-envato-marketplace-api/

But those DMD displays chew so much power! And these green numbers match the Envato theme a little more than red :slight_smile:

This new one should hopefully mount nicely in a frame on the wall and run completely off batteries. Plus the NodeMCU has wifi so won’t need a cable running up the wall.

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Nice! I would love to be able to do something like that.
Cannot wait to see it finished. :slight_smile:

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awesome, are you using arduino? or smth else?

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Haha!) Really cool!))) :+1::laughing:

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Using one of these NodeMCU boards:

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They only cost about $5. They are more powerful than Arduino. They have WiFi built in. And they can run Arduino code just fine. They can run Arduino code but by default they run Lua code, so the code looks like this:

function displayClear ()
 for i=1,8 do
     sendByte(i,0);
 end
end
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This is awesome! Can’t wait to see the final result.
Is the balance refreshed automatically?

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Awesome!! Now your office is going to look like real stock market :slight_smile:

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Cool project! Looking forward to seeing it finished.

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Haha!) Really cool!))) :+1::laughing: hacker )))))

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Does it have some kind of “heat protection”? Any cooling fans? Your sales numbers update too often :smiley: :slight_smile:

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This is really cool. Awesome stuff! :smiley:

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Progress photo:

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next up… green paint!

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Wow, coming along there! I am super envious!
I want one to put in my kitchen…

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I want this too ))))))))))))))))

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Nice! your project is great. I would also like to make something like this one. Keep up the good work. :slight_smile:

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Please make another one for Ebay :slight_smile: Im going to fight for this really hard :wink:

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Heh, nice idea!

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3D Printed number mask in place.

(Scanned that number array > PhotoShop > Illustrator > Vectorized it > STL conversion for 3D Print > Print took about 1.5 hours)

This will let me paint the entire face the same color, and let the numbers shine through once mounted.

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