There is no better way to learn electronics than building your own gadgets. Raspb Flip-dots is a cool project that shows you how to build a flipdot display driven by a Raspberry Pi. You are going to need Flip-dot boards, Sparkfun USB to rs485 converter, and a couple of other parts to get started.
philetus has shared more information about the project here.
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