I added an ON/OFF switch. It's not wired yet but ready to go.
I recreated the Trekulator decal. I was going to have it printed white on transparency only to learn that my local copy place does not stock white toner for their printers, who knew. So I had to settle for grey which looks fine.
For version 1, I reproduced the still image of Kirk, Spock, and Uhura and just mounted it over the TFT display. I had punched out the holes where the LEDs would have gone. My intention for version 1 was to light up the screen behind these holes red to simulate the LEDs, but while integration testing I noticed the following.
I was running "The Game of Life" to test TFT display. You can see the "active" cells blinking behind the LED holes. Reminds me of static. I think it looks pretty cool so I will likely try to show tiny little "displays" where the LEDs would have been.
Finally I added a translucent blue gel over the 7_Segment display to tone down the bright red a bit and mask the display structure so that you only see the segments when they are lit.
I think I've been procrastinating a bit on the software side. No excuses now.
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