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Adafruit RGB Matrix Bonnet for Raspberry Pi
Pi powered colorful lights
by lady ada
You can now create a dazzling display with your Raspberry Pi with the Adafruit RGB Matrix Bonnet. These boards plug into your Pi and makes it super easy to control RGB matrices such as those we stock in the shop and create a colorful scrolling display or mini LED wall with ease.
Dotstar Featherwing in CircuitPython
Feather M0, DotStars, and CircuitPython. What happens when you put them all together?
by Dave Astels
Use CircuitPython to display points, images, text, and scrolling images on the 6x12 dotstar Featherwing.
Sino:bit with Arduino
Program your Sino:bit with Arduino!
by Dave Astels
The Sino:bit is an exciting new educational microcontroller board based on the opensource Calliope Mini and BBC Micro:bit projects, but designed specifically for a Chinese audience. Its features will be exciting for anyone interested or involved in teaching computing using this type of environment.
Adafruit DotStar FeatherWing
Make a colorful name-tag, or small animations, or dazzle with light effects!
by lady ada
Put on your sunglasses before staring into these 72 configurable RGB LEDs, they are super bright! Arranged in a 6x12 matrix, each 2mm by 2mm sized RGB pixel is individually addressable. Only two pins are required to control all the LEDs. On the bottom we have jumpers for the Data and Clock lines so you can change them from the defaults. Works with any/all of our Feathers!
Raspberry Pi RGB LED Matrix Webapp
Control RGB LED panels from a Web application using Raspberry Pi.
by Roberto Marquez
The project shows how to setup a Web application to control RGB LED panels from Raspberry Pi. The Webapp uses an Adafruit RGB LED Matrix HAT and the rpi-rgb-led-matrix C++ library to drive the panels. The Web application is implemented using Java EE.
MicroPython Displays: Drawing Shapes
How to draw basic shapes on pixel-based displays with MicroPython!
by Tony DiCola
Learn how to use a port of the Adafruit GFX library to MicroPython so you can draw shapes like lines, rectangles, circles and triangles!
MicroPython Displays: Drawing Text
How to write text on any MicroPython display.
by Tony DiCola
Learn how to use a MicroPython text drawing module to write and scroll messages on LED matrix, Charlieplex LED, NeoPixel matrix, and other displays.
Adafriend the Virtual Pet Cube
Need a friend or a workbench buddy for long hacking sessions? Build one that responds to your interactions, sings, and shows emotion!
by John Wall
In this Pro Trinket powered project, build and 3D print yourself a friend, an Adafriend! This little colorful guy with an eye responds to taps and vibrations, and shows emotion on its little LED matrix face with a sad, neutral, happy, or angry face. It plays tones that correspond to it's emotional state, and even sings some recognizable tunes and themes when it's in the mood! If left alone for too long it gets lonely, but pester your pet too much and it may get angry at you! Build yourself an Adafriend and keep it happy to sing along with the coolest cube around!
Adafruit 15x7 CharliePlex FeatherWing
A sea of light-up jewels for your Feather
by lady ada
You wont be able to look away from the mesmerizing patterns created by this Adafruit 15x7 CharliePlex LED Matrix Display FeatherWing. This 15x7 LED display can be paired with with any of our Feather boards for a beautiful, bright grid of 105 charlieplexed LEDs. It even comes with a built-in charlieplex driver that is run over I2C.
Adafruit 8x16 LED Matrix FeatherWing
A 128-pixel graphical display for your Feather
by lady ada
You will chirp with delight when you see how easy it is to make your very own 8x16 LED matrix display for any Feather. This kit combines two of our adorable miniature LED matrices with a FeatherWing driver board. At 0.8" square, these little 8x8 matrices have got everything a big LED matrix has, but bite sized! Double them up for 128 total bright LEDs.
Animated Flame Pendant
Turn on your heart light!
by Phillip Burgess
There’s no actual flame here, no heat…instead, LEDs and a microcontroller make a virtual flame that dances like the real thing.
Personalized NextBus ESP8266 Transit Clock
Spend more time chillin' and less time at the bus stop
by Phillip Burgess
For transit-bound people, the NextBus service is a tremendous convenience. Knowing when a bus is due means less standing out in the rain…one can use that time inside to get a little extra work done, or finish that cup of coffee. In this tutorial we'll build a handy desk-top or wall-mount countdown display that lets you know when the next bus or train is on the way!
IS31FL3731 16x9 Charlieplexed PWM LED Driver
144 individually dimmable PWM LEDs over I2C
by lady ada
The IS31FL3731 will let you get back to that classic LED matrix look, with a nice upgrade! This I2C LED driver chip has the ability to PWM each individual LED in a 16x9 grid so you can have beautiful LED lighting effects, without a lot of pin twiddling. Simply tell the chip which LED on the grid you want lit, and what brightness and it's all taken care of for you.
TIMESQUARE Wordclock
Wordclock add-on to TIMESQUARE wristwatch
by Andy Doro
A wordclock you wear on your wrist!
Adafruit NeoPixel FeatherWing
32 NeoPixels atop your Feather
by lady ada
This is the NeoPixel FeatherWing, a 4x8 RGB LED Add-on For All Feather Boards! Using our Feather Stacking Headers or Feather Female Headers you can connect a FeatherWing on top or bottom of your Feather board and make your Feather board strut like a peacock at a rave
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Raspberry Pi LED Matrix Display
Show the Pi's video output on a large RGB LED matrix display!
by Tony DiCola
Learn how to make a chain of RGB LED matrices into a large display that shows the video output of a Raspberry Pi. Great for playing games, movies, and more on a big, bright, beautiful display!
NeoPixel Matrix Snowflake Sweater
Bluetooth controlled winter wonderland
by Becky Stern
Brighten up any winter gathering with a snowflake sweater from the future! Control snowflake animations and colors with the Adafruit Bluefruit LE Connect app and use a FLORA BLE module or Bluefruit Feather to control a NeoPixel matrix display.
NeoMatrix 8x8 Word Clock
using the NeoPixel NeoMatrix 8x8 to power a word clock!
by Andy Doro
A word clock tells the time using words. This clock uses the NeoMatrix 8x8 to create a colorful word clock!
LedGames - a BeagleBone Black 64x64 LED Game
Retro gaming to the extreme, with 64x64 resolution!
by K. Henrickson
Forget about the obsession with "all the pixels". Play games at 64x64 resolution, but many colors to make your visions come alive.
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Multi-tasking the Arduino - Part 3
Unleashing the power of the NeoPixel!
by Bill Earl
Digital RGB LEDs like the Neopixel are greatfor creating awesome lighting effects. But keeping them responsive to user inputs at the same time can be challenging. And what if you want to have different parts of your project animated in different ways? In this guide, we'll explore techniques to make your pixel patterns lively, flexible and responsive.
NextBus transit clock for Raspberry Pi
Should I stay or should I go now?
by Phillip Burgess
For transit-bound people, NextBus — a free internet service providing arrival data for over 135 transit agencies — is a tremendous convenience. Knowing when a bus is due means less standing out in the rain…one can use that time inside to get a little extra work done, or finish that cup of coffee. Using the Raspberry Pi computer, we’ll create a dedicated NextBus “appliance” that informs at a glance.
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Adafruit RGB Matrix + Real Time Clock HAT for Raspberry Pi
DIY your very own Times Square sign
by lady ada
You can now create a dazzling display with your Raspberry Pi with the Adafruit RGB Matrix HAT. This HAT plugs into your Pi and makes it super easy to control RGB matrices such as those we stock in the shop and create a colorful scrolling display or mini LED wall with ease.
Web Enabled PIXEL on Raspberry Pi
Use a browser to control the PIXEL, with Raspberry Pi.
by Roberto Marquez
Using built the built-in JVM, the Raspberry Pi hosts Web enabled controls for the PIXEL. The PIXEL is an LED matrix driven by a IOIO derivative. Much like the desktop and mobile applications for PIXEL, this version features scrolling text, still images, and GIF animations.
Smart Bathroom App
Know when it's open for business.
by M. Szczepanski
The fast growing companies, like The Nerdery, quickly find that parking spots and bathrooms are a vital resource. We've experienced what it's like to not find an open stall and built a solution to an ongoing problem with technology.
Creating GIFs for SmartMatrix
Turn video and high resolution GIFs into 32x32 pixel GIFs
by Louis Beaudoin
It's really easy to create new 32x32 GIFs to play on your SmartMatrix. Use the best free online tools to convert video and high resolution animated GIFs with instructions in this guide.
The Pixif
A simple, efficient SPI front-end for NeoPixels
by David Littell
A PIC is used as a SPI Master to create a simple interface to up to 21845 NeoPixels. After being configured with the number of attached NeoPixels the Pixif continuously retrieves the RGB values via SPI and generates the NeoPixel GRB bitstream. The update rate may be throttled via a synchronization input. This approach frees the host processor to concentrate on its algorithms especially when its SPI Slave has DMA support.
SmartMatrix Remote Controlled LED Art Display
Remote controlled display to brighten up any room
by Louis Beaudoin
Make a bright LED display to play back animated GIFs and patterns using a Teensy 3.1 and 32x32 pixel RGB LED Matrix. Sit back and control the light show from across the room through an IR remote
The PICsellator
Veni, vidi, blinki
by David Littell
One PIC, some NeoPixels, a little math, and a big bucket of randomness.
SmartMatrix Animated GIF Player
Customize the display with your own GIF collection
by Louis Beaudoin
Want to add bright and colorful animations to your projects, or make a cool low resolution display? Play animated GIFs on a 32x32 pixel RGB LED Matrix using a Teensy 3.1 and microSD card with this guide.
Ultrasonic Ruler
3D Printing, LED and sensors equals ray blaster!
by Ruiz Brothers
Build a hand held sonar measuring tape!