Thursday, May 1, 2008

LED Matrix part two




Some code has been written to communicate with our as yet unfinished array of LEDs.
We are not sending a long string of ones and zeros but an integer between 0 and 255 which then controls 8 LEDs. If we send 255 then all eight will turn on. If we send 127 then the first one is off while the next seven are on. What's happening is that the shift registers display binary numbers.

So far we have 64 LEDs being controlled. They're being controlled from one pin on the Arduino via eight shift registers. In the next week or so we should have the remaining 576 LEDs wired up.

To date we have designed the PCBs, etched them, drilled the holes and soldered the components on. We need ten of these boards in total which is a lot of etching, drilling and soldering.

Gareth

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