UPDATED GUIDE: Matrix and 7-Segment LED Backpack with the Raspberry Pi #AdafruitLearningSystem #Adafruit @Adafruit
The Matrix and 7-Segment LED Backpack with the Raspberry Pi has been updated to utilize the super user friendly adafruit-circuitpython-ht16k33 library. This guide provides three examples of working with an 8×8 matrix and a 7-segment display over an I2C interface. It has never been easier to use a Raspberry Pi to drive a display. The examples provided will work on all versions of Raspberry Pi that have a GPIO header (26 or 40 pin).
The LED backpack displays are wonderfully easy to connect to the Pi. Both the 8×8 pixel and 4-character 7-segment displays are connected the same way, with two digital pins for I2C (SDA and SCL) and two power pins (VCC and GND).
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