Introduction

Propeller is a term connected with a rotating object: motor or pump, and is used in this
project. Propeller rotates a set of light-emitting diodes for displaying numbers, characters and
symbols in a rotating manner thats the reason why it is termed as a Propeller LED Display.
Some of the features of Propeller LED Display include displaying messages in a typical manner;
displaying numbers in analog and digital clocks, self-cooling systems, and so on. Propeller runs
on a single battery with wall adapter facility.
The rotating LED displays can be cylindrical or disc shaped. The cylindrical displays are
capable of displaying texts and digits, and the disc-shaped displays are capable of displaying
analog clock. A Propeller display is a mechanically-scanned device that displays its characters in
a digital format.
A propeller clock is a linear array of light emitting diodes rotating at a high angular
velocity to generate a circular screen. The implementation of these display systems increases the
curiosity of the learners because the concept involved in this project is exciting. Before
proceeding further with this propeller concept, let us have a look at the normal display system to
have a better understanding of it, and to differentiate it from others.
This project is designed to display a message by using virtual LEDs. In this project, we
are using a set of LEDs instead of bulk of LEDs because these are connected in multiplexing
mode. This working of LED Display involves three circuits, viz. motor driver circuit, wireless
power-transfer circuit and propeller-display circuits.
In a motor-driver circuit, the power from the AC mains is stepped down to a motor-operating
range by a step down transformer. Because it is a DC motor, the AC voltage is converted into DC
using a bridge-rectifier circuit, and then it is regulated to a motor voltage.
Supplying power to moving objects is not a simple task, therefore, in this project, a wireless
-power transmission is to used supply the power to the control circuit, which is a moving object.
For transferring the power wirelessly to some distance, the supply frequency must be increased
to a certain extent. This process involves rectification, inversion and frequency changing with the
use of a bridge rectifier, inverter and high-frequency transformer, respectively. This power is
wirelessly transferred to the propeller display circuit.

The wireless AC voltage received from the secondary coil is rectified into a DC voltage using a
bridge rectifier, and this rectified DC power supply is given to the microcontroller, which is
programmed, and then the message will be displayed on the rotating object by using a set of
LEDs in space multiplexing mode. By this way, the LEDs display the message with the help of a
motor driver in a rotating fashion.
These are the two display message systems for displaying messages in moving and
rotating manners. After reading this article, we believe that, you will be able to differentiate
between a rotating-led display and moving-message display system. For any other help regarding
these projects implementation, you can contact us by commenting in the comment section
below.