The iBall is a product from
Spacewriter in the UK. This electronic device displays text and simple bitmaps around
a plastic dome in one compact unit. Messages are uploaded via a RS232 serial cable from a PC.
Images are sequenced together to create simple animations with the Spacewriter editor program. Various settings available such as Image repeats, columns, frames
are available.
A
PocketPad is used to interface the IBall to the LAN. Together with Serial Anywhere data traverses a Virtual
COM Port on the PC to reach the IBall via the PocketPAD.
End users of networking the IBall look forward to the following benefits:
- The IBall is highly visible and eye-catching with animation capabilities
- The IBall replaces existing promotional paraphernalia
- Can be updated from one single PC or from multiple hosts on the LAN as opposed to a direct RS232 connection from the PC
- No need to manually collect units from their respective areas for manual uploads
- The physical range of the network is far greater
More information on the PocketPAD1
here.
http://www.spacewriter.com
