Adafruit LED backpacks make it incredibly simple to add small bitmapped displays to a project. Each requires just four wires: power, ground and two communication lines to a microcontroller.
Two common questions we receive:
How can I use more than one 8×8 matrix backpack in an Arduino sketch?
Can I have two (or more) matrices always showing the same image?
This tutorial demonstrates both.
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I really enjoyed putting it together – thanks for the idea and tutorials (oh – and the source code!). The skull is a temporarily re-purposed candle holder. An Ardweeny powers the sketch (my Adafruit ARDX would not fit into the Brainial Cavity).
Here is my version of this project, using the 0.8″ LED matrix/backpacks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhz7N9mcKKM&feature=youtu.be
I really enjoyed putting it together – thanks for the idea and tutorials (oh – and the source code!). The skull is a temporarily re-purposed candle holder. An Ardweeny powers the sketch (my Adafruit ARDX would not fit into the Brainial Cavity).