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Re:48x32: A 1536 LED Game Computer by masto on Saturday December 30, 2023 @11:30AM (#38816466)
Rough estimate: I got the LED panels from AliExpress (https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255799924064579.html), the price fluctuates from around $10-$12 each x 12, so round up to $150 for the lights.

They practically give ESP32s away with an oil change, so you could call it done at that point, but I chose to use a QuinLED Dig-Quad (https://quinled.info/pre-assembled-quinled-dig-quad/) to make it easy to wire up and mount on the wall. That cost me about $60 shipped. And I added a MEAN WELL LRS-100-5 power supply for $20.

Finally for the laser-cut frames, I burned up about $30 of wood, and there's some minimal amount of 3D printer filament as well. Along with the incidental things like having to buy a spool of 3-conductor cable, connectors, etc.

So all together I'd guess it was around $300. A completely no-frills version could be maybe half that.

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