name: The Digital Signage (TDS)
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date: 2009-07-15
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description:

A custom digital signage software implementation built in vanilla PHP as the backend and web technologies in the front-end. Built in ~two months as a MVP that allowed me to start my own company with a partner.

Components:
- Crawler: A news crawler that filled up our database with news from different sources, tagged by source, category and geographic location.
- Screen Software: Custom scripts built on top of Micro PCs mounted behind the TV screens, allowing the computer to run a browser in "store mode", disabling any using input to show the pre-configured URL attached to this TV/Location.
- HTTP Public screen URL: The URL that the TV loaded in their browsers, with Javascript, built-in caching and some other goodies for maintenance.
- Backoffice: The main control panel for all the components where all automated news-list for the clients where generated, allowing multiple sources, configuration of the screens, information about online availability, etc.
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stack: PHP, Mysql, Javascript, IT
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type: private
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role: Software/Hardware Engineer
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slug: digital-signage-tds
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company: The Prime Tag S.C.