LED Scroll Instructions pages

LED Messages

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LED MESSAGES

PARTS YOU’LL NEED

microcontroller breadboard LED matrix

male-female wires male-male wires
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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

1. Use a jumper wire to connect the “5v” power

output on the microcontroller to the first
hole in the positive line on the long edge of
your breadboard.

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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

2. Use a jumper wire to connect the GND

power output on the microcontroller to
the negative line on the long edge of your
breadboard.

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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

3. Place the LED matrix near your Arduino to

prepare to hook it up.

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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

4. Connect the VCC pin on the LED matrix to

the long positive row on your breadboard
using a male-female jumper wire.

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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

5. Use a male-female jumper wire to connect

the GND pin on the LED matrix to the long
negative row on your breadboard.

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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

6. Connect the pin marked “DIN” on the LED

matrix to pin 12 on your Arduino using a
male-female jumper wire.

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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

7. Connect the “CS” pin on the LED matrix to

pin 11 on the Arduino.
Some of the LED matrix boards have the
CLK pin in a different location, so be sure to
read the small letters on your matrix to be
sure you are making the right connection.

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Your pins may be
in a different order!

Read the small
letters to be sure.

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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

8. Connect the “CLK” pin on the LED matrix to

pin 10 on the Arduino.
Some of the LED matrix boards have the
CLK pin in a different location, so be sure to
read the small letters on your matrix to be
sure you are making the right connection.

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Your pins may be
in a different order!

Read the small
letters to be sure.

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PARTS YOU’LL
NEED

9. Go to www.makecrate.club to get the code to

run your project.

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CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR CIRCUIT IS
NOW COMPLETE.

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