Make It So! The Star Trek TNG Mini Display

I've continued to play around with this idea... and I'm starting to consider making this more modular so that other can make whatever display they fancy. For example, I've been taking some of the same concepts and have been tinkering with a Wakanda-inspired skin

I'm in the process of updating this project - to make it easier to replicate - and I'm toying with using a different "flavor" or LCARS. 

Option 1: The original TNG version

This is the version that is most familiar to Trek-fans.... I also find it the most visually unappealing (it looks like Rainbow Brite threw up on a computer screen). The original mini display is built with this motif.

Option 2: NCC1701-E "Shades of Blue"

This version is mostly blue and purple... and is my favor version of the LCARS interface

Option 3: Janeway's Future Transparent Display

This one seems very difficult to make. Making a transparent display is a nonstarter... but maybe using some type of acrylic, or ITO glass, might be an option

Option 4: Picard's Transparent Display

I'd LOVE to make a version that is based off this... I don't think I can easily make a transparent version.... but I like the color motif and the clean lines....

I've been in a funk the last 3 months (since the COVID-19 crisis). Building/making always helps when I need to clear my head. Unfortunately, I couldn't think of a good project to start... so I decided to remix an old project with leftover parts.

My voltage measurement tool was build with an INA219 Featherwing, so I decided to harvest that from my old project to build the ST TNG monitor. 

Here's a list of what I already had:

• INA219 Featherwing (from the Voltage Logger)
• DC 2.1mm Panel Mounts (from the Voltage Logger)
• 500 mAh battery (from the Voltage Logger)
• ESP32 Feather (used for an old project)
• Piezo (from an old project)
• MPR121 Cap Touch Sensor (unopened)
• Featherwing Tripper (harvested from an old project)
• Proto Pasta Conductive Filament (unopened)

To finish the project, I purchased a TFT 3.5 Featherwing and BME680 sensor.