How To Make a DIY Tidbyt Display for HALF the Price?!

[@undercoversteve]

Wow, this video is criminally underrated. Thanks for the resource!

[@ModernHobbyist]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@davidr1860]

Hello - I'm a novice at wiring.. Can you provide more photos or detail around the wiring harness you created? I appreciate the video.

[@spike9913]

Tidbyt is doing some aggressive marketing, and “can I build this myself?” is a pretty natural reaction to their ads. I have a feeling this video’s gonna draw some attention to your channel.

[@ModernHobbyist]

I hope so, that’d be awesome! 😂

[@rohanrsingh]

So cool! I love the dovetail joinery too, freaking awesome.

[@ModernHobbyist]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@robidog2k]

Nice, subscribed! Any idea if this also works with the ESP32-Trinity?

[@isee23demons]

would i need to upgrade any of the parts if i were to write more complex apps and hook many of them up to the display? for ex tracking many sports teams, stocks, weather, etc? mostly wondering about storage. great video though, thank you!

[@kevo.kungfu]

Given the memory limit of the Raspberry Pi Pico W, what about using a Raspberry Pi Zero W?

[@ModernHobbyist]

I did wire that up and it worked well, I think I switched back just to make the project a little cheaper and a little more beginner friendly. Definitely an option though!

[@StrawberryBunny91]

Hay what if i wanna put a html script in instead of a youtube channel stuff? Was hoping to put a dcript in that shows the climate clock

[@isv_upgrade]

Hello, where can i find the 'modern-retro-display-main.zip' file?

[@ArtsyMike]

can this be done for the rapberry pi zero 2w? maybe with just an e-ink display?

[@nickrittenhouse9857]

Is the 1.5 version of hard wiring explained in the plans?

[@dm8888]

Is there an easier solution to moving the matrix portal off of the display? I bought the adafruit kit ADABOX 016 and it has a ribbon cable but both ends are female. Can I just use a male to male 2x10 IDC adapter?

[@sbravia23]

Hey would you be able to help me accomplish this using a Rasberry pi zero w and the adafruit rgb matrix bonnet?

[@thewhitedragon4184]

The 2MB on the pico is a lot which leads me to believe that this can probably be ported to c to save the space and use the pico. Then again, the esp32 is also really really cheap for how powerful it is

[@hiresliving8114]

Where can I just get that back connector? I can't find it anywhere. I have a bunch of those displays. I just want that back piece that quick connects the esp32

[@ModernHobbyist]

If I'm thinking of the right cable, I think it's called a 2x8 IDC 16 pin which can be found here: amzn.to/427LKdq I haven't tested those so I can't be sure, but that should get you close. However, if you're talking about the power cable, that you can get directly from Adafruit for a couple bucks. Hope that helps!

[@coreyperez13]

I'd buy anything that can do the 'morphing clock' that was released a few years ago!

[@danielw6610]

I thought you said there was a link to the code.?.?

[@keval.p]

great video, suprised you only have 10k subs (should have more). keep it up! :)

[@ModernHobbyist]

Thanks! That means a lot!

[@ericcarrazedo8136]

AWESOME!

[@3DPrintSOS]

Fun project! Might have to put the extra pico I have to work!

[@ModernHobbyist]

Thanks glad you liked it!

[@wolfeburton]

Looks cool, but just to clarify you can’t have this version display baseball games scores and football game scores live correct?

[@ModernHobbyist]

Thanks! So you totally can, but you’ll have to write the code for that yourself. Won’t be difficult at all, but won’t be as automatic as the real TidByt display. Hope that helps!

[@tdog1million]

With enough conviction, time, or money, anything is possible.

[@jamesgrey9296]

Very informative. Do you have a link for the 20-pin extension cable? I cannot find this thing anywhere. Only 2x20 40-pin seem to be readily available. Thanks again. And thanks in advance!

[@michaellabombard6361]

could cut one end off and connect directly

[@michaellabombard6361]

Hey, I built it, but can't use it. I need to show BTC price ticker. Any ideas? I don't know any programing. Thank you for helping.

[@ModernHobbyist]

Thanks for watching everyone! Hope you enjoyed this project! Don't forget to checkout the build plans here: www.modhobbyist.com/plans/p/diy-tidbyt-display and get $5 off your first order at PCBWay with this link: pcbway.com/g/F41R62

[@stayupthetree]

No thanks, not giving out my personal info to you to get them

[@CptT4pe]

Epic, I subscribed.

[@ModernHobbyist]

Thanks for the support!

[@ArneChristianRosenfeldt]

Why does nobody build 320x200 displays and runs a console on it? Sega Genesis?

[@dm8888]

This is really cool! Thanks for taking the time to share this build. I really want something like this to report weather. I’m not very talented at coding. Is anyone is sharing/selling their codes for custom apps? Can I have chatgpt write the code?

[@ModernHobbyist]

🤫🤫🤫 that’s one of my next video ideas 😂

[@dm8888]

That’s great! Looking forward to it.

[@EvertvanIngen]

Yes and it's like 50% cheaper too XD

[@EsraFisolfi]

Why dont you just buy a pad, fire up after effects, build yourself a little movie and play it repeatedly, after all that youll have a touchscreen computer with gigabytes of space and full cpu. Try to play a movie with that pico

[@RobbieRobski]

This is a great video. But as a non programmer person. This is kind of a show stopper. too bad there isn't an open source "os" for this sorta thing where people have already done the hard work in software for sports and stock tickers etc. The tidbyt gen 2 was a pretty big downgrade.

[@1stRanger]

Certainly cool, but too limited in functionality for that much of a hassle. For not that much more you can just buy one. It will be better too.

[@murraymadness4674]

Half the $200 price is like two times too much. An obsolete tablet for $50 looks way better, or is having a grainy cheap looking 90's display the 'in thing' now like a gameboy instead of your phone?

[@ModernHobbyist]

Yeah I guess that's how I look at it. It's a fun little low-tech way to see quick status updates on things. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bryan_truong]

giving a sub! Trying this out (but running into some issues/going to need some help). Will ask on your discord!

[@ModernHobbyist]

Thank you and welcome!

[@ozflyoutfitters7624]

Just ordered your links in hopes to get a water app going! What’s the best way to contact you for questions?! Awesome build!

[@ModernHobbyist]

@@ozflyoutfitters7624 thanks for your support! I'd definitely say jump on the Discord server, that way if I'm busy someone else may be able to help out!

[@ozflyoutfitters7624]

@@ModernHobbyist maybe I’m just clueless on here. I was looking for it. Where would I find the discord server?

[@ozflyoutfitters7624]

@@ModernHobbyist nvm! I found it!! Thank you