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Make a Portable Wide-screen Mechanical TV

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

IEEE Spectrum covers a portable electromechanical TV project (Scanwheel) that revives early Nipkow-disk display concepts with modern components. It details hardware choices (RP2040, Raspberry Pi Pico, LEDs, 3D-printed drum) and open tooling (GitHub/OpenSCAD) to enable replication and exploration of retro display tech.

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