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We have a whole bunch of monitors, let's make them do something cool. | I saw this at the London hackspace: A pillar with a bunch of computer displays showing all different sorts of things. So I thought: Let's build one for the lab as well! We have a whole bunch of monitors, let's make them do something cool. | ||
== Ideas == | == Ideas == | ||
=== One SomefruitPi per Monitor === | === One SomefruitPi per Monitor === | ||
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=== One PC, many graphics cards === | === One PC, many graphics cards === | ||
* Old PCI Multihead cards (e.g. nVidia Quadro NVS280) | * Old PCI Multihead cards (e.g. nVidia Quadro NVS280) | ||
=== Mounting === | |||
The displays need to be mounted somehow. Ideally, we would just get a ton of display arms. But they are expensive. Maybe we can just build them ourselves? | |||
* [http://bryanduxbury.com/2013/06/16/lasercut-dual-vertical-cinema-display-stand/ DIY Monitor Stand] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/elektronaut1/status/676108841990385664 Simple Hinges] | |||
== Software == | |||
* Displays should show a website, or run through multiple websites on sort of a schedule | |||
* Centrally managed | |||
* https://github.com/tiefpunkt/signman | |||
* Currently uses Midori browser, because Chromium is not available on standard Armbian build for the OrangePi One, and Firefox doesn't support kiosk mode out of the box | |||
== Hardware == | |||
* OrangePi One | |||
* Cheap HDMI->VGA Adapter | |||
* OS: Armbian [http://www.armbian.com/orange-pi-one/] | |||
** Getting started: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/ | |||
** Initial login: root/1234 | |||
* Software runs well, just the VGA output is weird | |||
== Mounting == | |||
* We have some steel piping we'll mount to the wall | |||
* Monitors will get a VESA-to-pipe-clamp mount, which attaches to the steel pipe | |||
== Setup == | |||
# Flash SD card with Desktop version of Armbian | |||
# Boot up in CLI | |||
#* Login as root, PW 1234 | |||
#* Create user "mumalab" | |||
#* Fix resolution to FullHD: h3disp -m 10 | |||
#* Update packages | |||
apt-get update | |||
apt-get upgrade | |||
#* Install browser | |||
apt-get install midori | |||
#* Prepare mumalab User | |||
su - mumalab | |||
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiefpunkt/signman/master/client/signman.sh | |||
chmod 755 signman.sh | |||
crontab -e | |||
> */5 * * * * /home/mumalab/signman.sh | |||
# Reboot | |||
#* System will boot into graphical interface | |||
reboot | |||
[[Category:Project]] | [[Category:Project]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:48, 10 September 2022
You are visiting an old member project. The information found on "Wall of Monitors" might be out of date.| Wall of Monitors Release status: experimental [box doku] | |
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| Description | many monitors showing many things |
| Author(s) | Heiko, Severin |
I saw this at the London hackspace: A pillar with a bunch of computer displays showing all different sorts of things. So I thought: Let's build one for the lab as well! We have a whole bunch of monitors, let's make them do something cool.
Ideas
One SomefruitPi per Monitor
- Many Pis on a network
- Super cheap: OrangePi? [1]
- Problem: Most are VGA based, Pis only do HDMI
- HDMI VGA converter? Do they work?
One PC, many graphics cards
- Old PCI Multihead cards (e.g. nVidia Quadro NVS280)
Mounting
The displays need to be mounted somehow. Ideally, we would just get a ton of display arms. But they are expensive. Maybe we can just build them ourselves?
Software
- Displays should show a website, or run through multiple websites on sort of a schedule
- Centrally managed
- https://github.com/tiefpunkt/signman
- Currently uses Midori browser, because Chromium is not available on standard Armbian build for the OrangePi One, and Firefox doesn't support kiosk mode out of the box
Hardware
- OrangePi One
- Cheap HDMI->VGA Adapter
- OS: Armbian [2]
- Getting started: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/
- Initial login: root/1234
- Software runs well, just the VGA output is weird
Mounting
- We have some steel piping we'll mount to the wall
- Monitors will get a VESA-to-pipe-clamp mount, which attaches to the steel pipe
Setup
- Flash SD card with Desktop version of Armbian
- Boot up in CLI
- Login as root, PW 1234
- Create user "mumalab"
- Fix resolution to FullHD: h3disp -m 10
- Update packages
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
- Install browser
apt-get install midori
- Prepare mumalab User
su - mumalab wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tiefpunkt/signman/master/client/signman.sh chmod 755 signman.sh crontab -e > */5 * * * * /home/mumalab/signman.sh
- Reboot
- System will boot into graphical interface
reboot
