Adafruit NeoMatrix 8x8 - 64 RGB LED Pixel Matrix

Put on your Sunglasses before Wiring up this LED Matrix 64 eye blistering RGB LEDs adorn the NeoMatrix for a blast of configurable color. Arranged in an 8 x 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. Wiring it up is easy: There are two pin connection ports. Solder wires to the input port and provide 5 VDC to the 5 V and Ground Pins, then Connect the DIN Pin to your Microcontroller. If you are using our NeoPixel Arduino Library, Use Digital 6. You 'll also need to make a Common Ground from the 5 V Power Supply to the Microcontroller/Arduino. Since each LED CAN DRAW as much as 60 mA (Bully Bus up to 3.5 Amps for Panel if all leds are on bright white.) We use our 5 V 2 A power supply. For Most uses, you 'll see about 1 2 A of current panel. IF, Say, you need more Blinky, you can Chain These together. For the Second Shield, connect the DIN connection to the first S DOUT. Also Connect a ground Pin together and Power with 5 V. there you go. You can Chain as many as you'd like Although After 4 OR MORE Panels You may run low on RAM if you're using one. Watch Your Power Usage too, you may need a 5 V 10 A Power Supply for so many of these. There is a single Data Line with a very timing specific Protocol. Since the Protocol is very Sensitive To Timing, it REQUIRES A Real Time microcontroller Such As An AVR, Arduino, PIC, mbed, etc. It cannot be used with a Linux based microcomputer or interpreted microcontroller Such As The Netduino or Basic Stamp. Our wonderfully written NeoPixel Library for Arduino supports these pixels. AS IT REQUIRES hand tuned Assembly it is only for AVR Cores but Others May Have ported This Chip Driver Code so please Google around. An 8 MHz or faster Processor is required. Our detailed NeoPixel uberguide has everything you need to use NeoPixels in any Shape and Size. Including ready to go library &