“Whether you want a sexy visualiser to jump to the beats playing out on your airplay or Roon speakers, or if you’re looking to combine your mmWave sensor’s heart rate measurements to drive a visual signal (interesting lowcore medical application that) or just to display pixelated versions of famous paintings (some Van Goghs don’t look half bad!) - the unicorn does. Still have my old unicorn around as well!”
“This is a gorgeous display and thanks to the use of a standardised controller can be used for just about anything, from even timing displays to clocks or tickers.
Wifi adds a lot of flexibility: You can remotely upload code using WebREPL, you can use it to synchronise time via NTP, pull in weather data from a web API or even connect it to an MQTT broker and display some live data. The addition of buttons along both edges makes for a nice self-contained unit.
I like that the .dxf files are available so that you can easily make an enclosure and it comes from a company with a proven track record for customer support.
I've had some issues with failures, but Pimoroni has made it clear that they expect them to be reliable and have provided great customer service.”
“Extremely well thought board. It was as if I custom designed a board for an ntp enabled wall clock I was making for my lab. It shows lower power consumption than I initially expected, as the leds are very bright and there is no need to have them working 100% brightness indoors.
Micropython support was excellent. The latest upgrade with the rp2350 was also welcome.”
