Powering 57,000 LEDs: A Custom Motherboard for W5500-EVB-Pico
Open-source KiCad PCB acting as a power distribution and SPI hub motherboard for W5100S/W5500-EVB-Pico, driving six LED lamp units in a university building-scal
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WIZnet - W5500-EVB-Pico
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WIZnet - W5100S-EVB-Pico
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KiCad - KiCad
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Project description
A Building-Scale LED Display, One Board at a Time In 2015, a group of computer science students at Kiel University (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) in northern Germany launched Project Lighthouse — an ambitious plan to turn the university's tallest building into a giant LED screen. They installed approximately 57,000 individual LEDs across 392 windows (14 floors × 28 columns), creating a 1,200 m² display surface visible across the campus. The result made international headlines when students played Tetris, Pong, and Breakout live on the building facade, attracting coverage from…
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