Our Arduino library will do all the heavily lifting for you.

Visit the RGB Matrix ProtoMatter library guide page at https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-protomatter-rgb-matrix-library to install the Arduino library and load up the examples.

Use the following configuration when uploading example code, and you'll be glowing in a minute!

M0/M4/RP2040/ESP32-S2/S3 FeatherWing

// Use FeatherWing pinout
uint8_t rgbPins[]  = {6, 5, 9, 11, 10, 12};
uint8_t addrPins[] = {A5, A4, A3, A2};
uint8_t clockPin   = 13;
uint8_t latchPin   = 0;
uint8_t oePin      = 1;

// Create a 32-pixel tall, 64 pixel wide matrix with the defined pins
Adafruit_Protomatter matrix(
  64, 4, 1, rgbPins, 4, addrPins, clockPin, latchPin, oePin, false);

nRF52840 FeatherWing

// Special nRF52840 FeatherWing pinout
uint8_t rgbPins[]  = {6, A5, A1, A0, A4, 11};
uint8_t addrPins[] = {10, 5, 13, 9};
uint8_t clockPin   = 12;
uint8_t latchPin   = PIN_SERIAL1_RX;
uint8_t oePin      = PIN_SERIAL1_TX;

// Create a 32-pixel tall, 64 pixel wide matrix with the defined pins
Adafruit_Protomatter matrix(
  64, 4, 1, rgbPins, 4, addrPins, clockPin, latchPin, oePin, false);

For the smaller 16x32 matrix, the last line is a little different:

Adafruit_Protomatter matrix(
  32, 4, 1, rgbPins, 3, addrPins, clockPin, latchPin, oePin, false);

This guide was first published on Aug 22, 2018. It was last updated on Aug 22, 2018.

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