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  • LED Sign Display Driver Glitch

    Spotted this while walking out for supper after a day at the CNC Workshop:

    Motel LED sign glitch - 1
    Motel LED sign glitch – 1

    Then it got worse:

    Motel LED sign glitch - 2
    Motel LED sign glitch – 2

    The lower left block remained fixed throughout the glitzy scrolling / rolling / blinking updates in the sign’s repertoire:

    Motel LED sign glitch - 3
    Motel LED sign glitch – 3

    The affected block is 64 pixels tall and, at a guess, 128 pixels wide. Looks like a module enable failure…