Jonathan Diamond's PCB Map Hides an LED Matrix for Lighting-Based Location, Route Tracking
Software and electrical engineer Jonathan Diamond has designed a printed circuit board which acts as a family location map — using the PCB itself as a display, with roads picked out in copper traces.
"I like using constraints as inspiration, and I wanted to build something that took advantage of the PCB medium itself," Diamond explains of the project's inspiration. "While I knew I wanted the PCB itself to be the centerpiece, I went through a long list of ideas before settling on one. My default instinct for an interesting display project is always to turn it into a clock. In the end, the most interesting direction was a display that reflected the daily rhythms of my family in real time."
Inspired by Chai Jia Xun's PCB Metro Map project, Diamond's design is a map — albeit an artistic one, provided by the online service Snazzy Maps and converted...
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