If you want to make something small, you could look at using a bare MDBT42Q module and a custom PCB.
Using LEDs would be interesting, but a bit of a nightmare! What about an OLED? compared to that many LEDs the ribbon cable would be trivial to solder!
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If you want to make something small, you could look at using a bare MDBT42Q module and a custom PCB.
Using LEDs would be interesting, but a bit of a nightmare! What about an OLED? compared to that many LEDs the ribbon cable would be trivial to solder!