Bring a little bit of Times Square into your home with this sweet 32 x 32 square RGB LED matrix panel. These panels are normally used to make video walls, here in New York we see them on the sides of busses and bus stops, to display animations or short video clips. We thought they looked really cool so we picked up a few boxes of them from a factory. They have 1024 bright RGB LEDs arranged in a 32x32 grid on the front on a 6mm grid. On the back, there is a PCB with a set of dual IDC connectors (one input, one output: in theory you can chain these together) and 12 16-bit latches that allow you to drive the display with a 1:16 scan rate.
These panels require 13 digital pins (6-bit data, 7-bit control) and a good 5V supply, up to 4A per panel. 9:31)
Technical Details
Dimensions: 190.5mm x 190.5mm x 14mm / 7.5" x 7.5" x 0.55"
Panel weight with IDC cables and power cable: 357.51g
5V regulated power input, 4A max (all LEDs on)
Compatible with M3 mounting screws
5V data logic level input
2000 mcd LEDs on 6mm pitch
1/16 scan rate
Indoor display, 150 degree visibility
Displays are 'chainable' - connect one output to the next input - but our Arduino example code does not support this yet
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