I've been working on an electronics project the last of months.
A prototype has been finished last august, but i never shared it with you guys, so you'd know what i been doing this summer.
Below are some pics of the prototype:
It is 100% designed by me: both the hardware design and the software (it runs on a microcontroller).
Specs:
Program size: 1k bytes
Character data: 640 bytes
Data memory available for text: 2k bytes (upto 8k bytes supported)
Display: 20x7 dots, expandable to 80x7 dots with current software (hardware allows unlimited expansion)
Power consumption < 5 Watts
Programming: via COM port with any pc @ 1200 baud.
Has a hardware/software error detection mechanism to prevent burnout.