Engineer Puts FLIP Fluid Simulation on Flipdot Display, Just for the Pun

Flip Fluid on Flip Dots

Mitxela built a FLIP (Fluid Implicit Particle) simulation on a flipdot electromechanical display for EMF2026. The project required overcoming expensive panels, slow drive circuitry, and the challenge of tiling. The motivation was partly the wordplay of 'FLIP fluid on flip dots.' The write-up details custom driver boards, power supply, and the event.