WS2812 LED 5050 RGB 8×8 64 LED Matrix for Arduino COM32

Description

This is a 64 eye-blistering RGB LEDs adorn the Matrix for a blast of configurable color.They are arranged in an 8×8 matrix, each pixel is individually addressable. Only one microcontroller pin is required to control all the LEDs, and you get 24 bit color for each LED.

Features:

• IC control circuit and a power LED spot light utility.
• Control circuit chip with RGB components in a package in 5050,
  to form a complete external control pixels.
• Built-in signal shaping circuit, any one pixel after receiving the signal through the waveform shaping and then output to ensure line waveform distortion will not accumulate.
• Built-in power-on reset and brown-out reset circuit.
• Serial cascade interface, through a signal line to complete the receiving and decoding of data.
• Transfer transmission distance between any two points in less than 5 meters without any additional circuitry.
• Intelligent reverse polarity protection, power supply reverse polarity will not damage the IC.
• Data transmission speeds of up to 800Kbps.
• The color of the light highly consistent, cost-effective.
  

Getting started with the WS2812 LED 5050 RGB 8×8 64 LED Matrix for Arduino

In this project, we will explore about the addressable RGB LED (WS2812 ) or popularly known as Adafruit NeoPixel. NeoPixel is a family of rings, strips, boards & sticks of pulsing, colourful miniature LEDs. These are chainable from one to the next so you can power and program a long line of NeoPixels together to form an endless string of LEDs. You can use these LED strips to add complex lighting effects to any of your project.

Hardware required

• Arduino UNO
• WS2812 LED 5050 RGB 8×8 64 LED Matrix
• Jumper wires

Connecting the Hardware

Setting up the library

The  libraries are attached in the zip file.Download it here .

Upload the sample sketch

#include <Adafruit_GFX.h>
#include <Adafruit_NeoMatrix.h>
#include <Adafruit_NeoPixel.h>
#ifndef PSTR
#define PSTR // Make Arduino Due happy
#endif

#define PIN 3
Adafruit_NeoMatrix matrix = Adafruit_NeoMatrix(8, 8, PIN,
NEO_MATRIX_TOP + NEO_MATRIX_RIGHT +
NEO_MATRIX_COLUMNS + NEO_MATRIX_PROGRESSIVE,
NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);

const uint16_t colors[] = {
matrix.Color(255, 0, 0), matrix.Color(0, 255, 0), matrix.Color(0, 0, 255) };

void setup() {
matrix.begin();
matrix.setTextWrap(false);
matrix.setBrightness(40);
matrix.setTextColor(colors[0]);
}

int x = matrix.width();
int pass = 0;

void loop() {
matrix.fillScreen(0);
matrix.setCursor(x, 0);
matrix.print(F(“Faranux”));
if(–x < -84) {
x = matrix.width();
if(++pass >= 3) pass = 0;
matrix.setTextColor(colors[pass]);
}
matrix.show();
delay(100);
}

RESULTS

Scrolls ‘Faranux’ across the matrix in a portrait (vertical) orientation.