Adafruit Small 1.2" 8x8 LED Matrix with I2C Backpack - Yellow-Green _RPI_HAT_Audio personalised infotainment systems and home

personalised infotainment systems and home automation projects

the code and plate can control the RGB backlight of our character LCDs by turning each LED on or off

Advanced ESD protection

Maximum Velocity: 515m/s

Adafruit Small 1.2" 8x8 LED Matrix with I2C Backpack - Yellow-Green _RPI_HAT_Audio personalised infotainment systems and homeWhat's better than a single LED? Lots of LEDs! A fun way to make a small display is to use an 8x8 matrix or a 4 digit 7 segment display. Matrices like these are 'multiplexed' so to control 64 LEDs you need 16 pins. That's a lot of pins, and there are driver chips like the MAX7219 that can control a matrix for you but there's a lot of wiring to set up and they take up a ton of space. Here at Adafruit, we feel your pain! After all, wouldn't it be