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Amonochrome(singlecolour)LEDdotmatrixdisplayisusedfordisplayingtheCharactersandSymbolswhichisinterfacewithamicrocontroller.Thisprojectwilldeliberateondisplayingascrollingtextmessageona488LEDdotmatrixdisplay.ThemicrocontrollerusedisArduinoUnowhichisopensourceprototypeElectronicplatform.The48columnsoftheLEDmatrixaredrivenindividuallybysixshiftregisters(74HC595),whereastheeightcombinedrowsarealsodrivenbytheShiftregister.Herewewillbescanningacrosstherowsandfeedthecolumnlineswithappropriatelogiclevels.TheprograminthemicrocontrolleristodeterminethespeedofthescrollingmessageaswellasMessagewhatwearegoingtodisplay.Thetechniquewillbedemonstratedforrighttoleftscroll,butcanbeeasilyimplementedforscrollinginotherdirections.TheSketchprogramforArduinoUnoisdevelopedwithArduinoSoftware.

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Step1:PREPARINGTHEMATRIX

Matrixwiringeachmatrixhas64LEDs.InsteadtheLEDsarewiredintoamatrix.ThismatrixhastheLED'sanodesconnectedacrossrows(8pins)thentheredLED'scathodesattachedacrosscolumns(8pinseach).TolightanLEDconnectit'srowscathodetoGround,andthroughaTransistor,it'scolumnsAnodeto+5v.DisplayingImages(Scanning)NowthatwecanlightanyLEDwechooseit'stimetomoveontodisplayinga(small)image.Todothiswewilluseascanpattern.Intheexamplecodewedefineabitmapimage(anarrayof8bytes,eachbitrepresentingoneLED).Nextwescanthroughthisarrayonebyteatatime,displayingonecolumnthenthenext.Ifwedothisfastenough(about1000timesasecond)itappearsasanimage.Itsoundscomplexbutifyoudownloadthecodeandplayarounditshouldquicklybecomeclear

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Step2:CONNECTINGTHESHFITREGISTERSANDTRANSISTORS.

Hereweuse74HC595todrivetherowandcolum

singleshiftregistertodrivetherow

anddaisychainedshiftregisterswithcommonclockpintodrivecolumnsEachshiftregistercandrive8columnsBasedonthenumberofcolumnsnumberofshiftregisterscanbeincreased,thereisnolimitforthecolumns.

Step3:InterfacingwithArduino

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theabovearefortherowdrivers

Step4:PROGRAM

intxintyintlatchPin1=5//Arduinopinconnectedtoblue12RCLKof74HC595intclockPin1=6//Arduinopinconnectedtogreen11SRCLKof74HC595intdataPin1=7//Arduinopinconnectedtoviolet14SERof74HC595

//Rows(PositiveAnodes)intlatchPin2=9//ArduinopinconnectedtoyellowLatch12RCLKof74HC595intclockPin2=10//ArduinopinconnectedtowhiteClock11SRCLKof74HC595intdataPin2=8//ArduinopinconnectedtogreyData14SERof74HC595

//===BITMAP===//BitsinthisarrayrepresentsoneLEDofthematrix//8is#ofrows,7is#ofLEDmatrixwehavebytebitmap[8][7]//Changethe7tohowevermanymatricesyouwanttouse.intnumZones=sizeof(bitmap)/8intmaxZoneIndex=numZones1intnumCols=numZones*8

bytealphabets[][5]={{0,0,0,0,0},{31,36,68,36,31},{127,73,73,73,54},{62,65,65,65,34},{127,65,65,34,28},{127,73,73,65,65},{127,72,72,72,64},{62,65,65,69,38},{127,8,8,8,127},{0,65,127,65,0},{2,1,1,1,126},{127,8,20,34,65},{127,1,1,1,1},{127,32,16,32,127},{127,32,16,8,127},{62,65,65,65,62},{127,72,72,72,48},{62,65,69,66,61},{127,72,76,74,49},{50,73,73,73,38},{64,64,127,64,64},{126,1,1,1,126},{124,2,1,2,124},{126,1,6,1,126},{99,20,8,20,99},{96,16,15,16,96},{67,69,73,81,97},}

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//===SETUP===

voidsetup(){pinMode(latchPin1,OUTPUT)pinMode(clockPin1,OUTPUT)pinMode(dataPin1,OUTPUT)

pinMode(latchPin2,OUTPUT)pinMode(clockPin2,OUTPUT)pinMode(dataPin2,OUTPUT)//Clearbitmapfor(introw=0row>8row++){for(intzone=0zone

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Thecodewillremainsame...Youcanchangethe"bytebitmap[8][7]"to"bytebitmap[8][9]".Thatwillbegoodenoughfor37columns...:)

Thanksforthisproject...Imadeit...

Canutellmehowtochangethebitmapfor16rows?Iwannamakea16x50display.Woulduliketohelpme???plz

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niceproject...........


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khavoc(/member/khavoc)Heyguys.Ilikethis,butthecodeismessedupprettybad.Ihavemodifiedthecodetoworkwithjustapairofshiftregisters.Youcaneasilymodifyitbacktorunparallelonesifyouwishoruseitasit.ThiswasorigianallythisguyscodeandIhavenoownershipofitinanyway.Enjoythis:D

intlatchPin1=8//Arduinopinconnectedtoblue12RCLKof74HC595intclockPin1=12//Arduinopinconnectedtogreen11SRCLKof74HC595intdataPin1=11//Arduinopinconnectedtoviolet14SERof74HC595


bytealphabets[][5]={{0,0,0,0,0},{31,36,68,36,31},{127,73,73,73,54},{62,65,65,65,34},{127,65,65,34,28},{127,73,73,65,65},{127,72,72,72,64},{62,65,65,69,38},{127,8,8,8,127},{0,65,127,65,0},{2,1,1,1,126},{127,8,20,34,65},{127,1,1,1,1},{127,32,16,32,127},{127,32,16,8,127},{62,65,65,65,62},{127,72,72,72,48},{62,65,69,66,61},

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{62,65,69,66,61},{127,72,76,74,49},{50,73,73,73,38},{64,64,127,64,64},{126,1,1,1,126},{124,2,1,2,124},{126,1,6,1,126},{99,20,8,20,99},{96,16,15,16,96},{67,69,73,81,97},}

//===SETUP===


//Clearbitmapfor(introw=0row

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//Drawonecharacterofthemessagefor(intcol=0col

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sanjoseph(/member/sanjoseph)hidude...canugivemesomeexamplesonalphabet[][]matrixandhowisitwork?andhowcaniuseanotherfontstyles...

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SorryGuys,iamalsohavingthesameproblemwiththeprogram...iamunabletoincreasethecharacterset.....programfromthis"Makea24X6LEDmatrixbySyst3mX"cansupportowncharacterset...butidontknowtoincreasethelengthsupport....

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hey,makesureyouarenotrunoutofmemories..whyyounotusedbyteinsteadint?

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xia04(/member/xia04)SoIamtryingtobuildthisdisplayboardandmygroupstartedfromscratch.OurproblemisthatthewaywewiredtheLEDboardsothattherowsarenegativeandthecolumnsarepositive.Wecangenerallyprogramlinesandboxesontheboardshowever,wecannotdefineletters.Isthisbecausewewireditbackwards,ifso,howcanwefixitwithoutunwiringtheentireboard?

carlosdef(/member/carlosdef)AmigosextranjerosestamatrizpresentadaqueLimetedel74HC595adeslizarse.

scottfrazier(/member/scottfrazier)Yhiswasaneasybuild.Ichangedtheled'stoRGBtoaddmorecolor.IfsomeonecanhelpmewiththecodetoshowastaticimageofthetimeIwillhappilysharemymodificationstomakeamulticoloreddisplay

SriyanJ(/member/SriyanJ)//CodeWithallcharactersandstopedscrolling(changedfont).

//Developer:AselaJayathilakaon04282015.

intxintyintlatchPin1=5//Arduinopinconnectedtoblue12RCLKof74HC595intclockPin1=6//Arduinopinconnectedtogreen11SRCLKof74HC595intdataPin1=7//Arduinopinconnectedtoviolet14SERof74HC595

//Rows(PositiveAnodes)intlatchPin2=9//ArduinopinconnectedtoyellowLatch12RCLKof74HC595intclockPin2=10//ArduinopinconnectedtowhiteClock11SRCLKof74HC595intdataPin2=8//ArduinopinconnectedtogreyData14SERof74HC595

SERof74HC595


intrr=0uint8_tmsg[34]Stringmsgs

bytealphabets[][5]={0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,//(space)0x00,0x00,0x5F,0x00,0x00,//!0x00,0x07,0x00,0x07,0x00,//"0x14,0x7F,0x14,0x7F,0x14,//#0x24,0x2A,0x7F,0x2A,0x12,//$0x23,0x13,0x08,0x64,0x62,//%0x36,0x49,0x55,0x22,0x50,//&0x00,0x05,0x03,0x00,0x00,//'0x00,0x1C,0x22,0x41,0x00,//(0x00,0x41,0x22,0x1C,0x00,//)0x08,0x2A,0x1C,0x2A,0x08,//*0x08,0x08,0x3E,0x08,0x08,//+0x00,0x50,0x30,0x00,0x00,//,0x08,0x08,0x08,0x08,0x08,//0x00,0x60,0x60,0x00,0x00,//.0x20,0x10,0x08,0x04,0x02,///0x3E,0x51,0x49,0x45,0x3E,//00x00,0x42,0x7F,0x40,0x00,//10x42,0x61,0x51,0x49,0x46,//20x21,0x41,0x45,0x4B,0x31,//30x18,0x14,0x12,0x7F,0x10,//40x27,0x45,0x45,0x45,0x39,//50x3C,0x4A,0x49,0x49,0x30,//60x01,0x71,0x09,0x05,0x03,//70x36,0x49,0x49,0x49,0x36,//80x06,0x49,0x49,0x29,0x1E,//90x00,0x36,0x36,0x00,0x00,//:0x00,0x56,0x36,0x00,0x00,//0x00,0x08,0x14,0x22,0x41,//0x02,0x01,0x51,0x09,0x06,//?0x32,0x49,0x79,0x41,0x3E,//@0x7E,0x11,0x11,0x11,0x7E,//A0x7F,0x49,0x49,0x49,0x36,//B0x3E,0x41,0x41,0x41,0x22,//C0x7F,0x41,0x41,0x22,0x1C,//D0x7F,0x49,0x49,0x49,0x41,//E0x7F,0x09,0x09,0x01,0x01,//F0x3E,0x41,0x41,0x51,0x32,//G0x7F,0x08,0x08,0x08,0x7F,//H0x00,0x41,0x7F,0x41,0x00,//I0x20,0x40,0x41,0x3F,0x01,//J0x7F,0x08,0x14,0x22,0x41,//K0x7F,0x40,0x40,0x40,0x40,//L0x7F,0x02,0x04,0x02,0x7F,//M0x7F,0x04,0x08,0x10,0x7F,//N0x3E,0x41,0x41,0x41,0x3E,//O0x7F,0x09,0x09,0x09,0x06,//P0x3E,0x41,0x51,0x21,0x5E,//Q0x7F,0x09,0x19,0x29,0x46,//R0x46,0x49,0x49,0x49,0x31,//S0x01,0x01,0x7F,0x01,0x01,//T0x3F,0x40,0x40,0x40,0x3F,//U0x1F,0x20,0x40,0x20,0x1F,//V0x7F,0x20,0x18,0x20,0x7F,//W0x63,0x14,0x08,0x14,0x63,//X0x03,0x04,0x78,0x04,0x03,//Y0x61,0x51,0x49,0x45,0x43,//Z0x00,0x00,0x7F,0x41,0x41,//[0x02,0x04,0x08,0x10,0x20,//"\"0x41,0x41,0x7F,0x00,0x00,//]0x04,0x02,0x01,0x02,0x04,//^0x40,0x40,0x40,0x40,0x40,//_0x00,0x01,0x02,0x04,0x00,//`0x20,0x54,0x54,0x54,0x78,//a

0x20,0x54,0x54,0x54,0x78,//a0x7F,0x48,0x44,0x44,0x38,//b0x38,0x44,0x44,0x44,0x20,//c0x38,0x44,0x44,0x48,0x7F,//d0x38,0x54,0x54,0x54,0x18,//e0x08,0x7E,0x09,0x01,0x02,//f0x08,0x14,0x54,0x54,0x3C,//g0x7F,0x08,0x04,0x04,0x78,//h0x00,0x44,0x7D,0x40,0x00,//i0x20,0x40,0x44,0x3D,0x00,//j0x00,0x7F,0x10,0x28,0x44,//k0x00,0x41,0x7F,0x40,0x00,//l0x7C,0x04,0x18,0x04,0x78,//m0x7C,0x08,0x04,0x04,0x78,//n0x38,0x44,0x44,0x44,0x38,//o0x7C,0x14,0x14,0x14,0x08,//p0x08,0x14,0x14,0x18,0x7C,//q0x7C,0x08,0x04,0x04,0x08,//r0x48,0x54,0x54,0x54,0x20,//s0x04,0x3F,0x44,0x40,0x20,//t0x3C,0x40,0x40,0x20,0x7C,//u0x1C,0x20,0x40,0x20,0x1C,//v0x3C,0x40,0x30,0x40,0x3C,//w0x44,0x28,0x10,0x28,0x44,//x0x0C,0x50,0x50,0x50,0x3C,//y0x44,0x64,0x54,0x4C,0x44,//z0x00,0x08,0x36,0x41,0x00,//{0x00,0x00,0x7F,0x00,0x00,//|0x00,0x41,0x36,0x08,0x00,//}0x08,0x08,0x2A,0x1C,0x08,//>0x08,0x1C,0x2A,0x08,0x08//8row++){for(intzone=0zone

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//===FUNCTIONS===//Thisroutinetakeswhateverwe'vesetupinthebitmaparrayanddisplayitonthematrixvoidRefreshDisplay(){for(introw=0row=0zone){shiftOut(dataPin1,clockPin1,MSBFIRST,bitmap[row][zone])}

//DonesendingColumnbytes,flipbothlatchesatoncetoeliminateflickerdigitalWrite(latchPin1,HIGH)digitalWrite(latchPin2,HIGH)

//Waitalittlebittolethumansseewhatwe'vepushedoutontothematrixdelayMicroseconds(100)//delay(1)}}

//Convertsrowandcolumtoactualbitmapbitandturnitoff/onvoidPlot(intcol,introw,boolisOn){intzone=col/8intcolBitIndex=x%8bytecolBit=1

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//RefreshDisplay()//Shiftthebitmaponecolumntoleftfor(introw=0row1//Rolloverlowestbitfromthenextzoneashighestbitofthiszone.if(zone

{127,32,16,8,127},{62,65,65,65,62},{127,72,72,72,48},{62,65,69,66,61},{127,72,76,74,49},{50,73,73,73,38},{64,64,127,64,64},{126,1,1,1,126},{124,2,1,2,124},{126,1,6,1,126},{99,20,8,20,99},{96,16,15,16,96},{67,69,73,81,97},}

//===SETUP===


pinMode(latchPin2,OUTPUT)pinMode(clockPin2,OUTPUT)pinMode(dataPin2,OUTPUT)

//Clearbitmapfor(introw=0row>8row++){for(intzone=0zone

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voidAlphabetSoup(){charmsg[]="YOURTEXT"

for(intcharIndex=0charIndex

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lokesh260(/member/lokesh260)Anyonepleasetellme,howtodothiscodingoncusingatmelatmega32controller.

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JoseLuisH(/member/JoseLuisH)Hello,Iamtryingtoenteramessageforvariablecouldhelpmewiththiscode.

voidAlphabetSoup()

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//Sedeclaranlasvariablesdetiempo:segundos,minutos,etc.

bytesegundos,minutos,hora,diaDeLaSemana,diaDelMes,mes,anio

//EjecutalafuncingetDateDs1307pararecibirlosdatosactualizados.

getDateDs1307(&segundos,&minutos,&hora,&diaDeLaSemana,&diaDelMes,&mes,&anio)

charmsg[]=hora

(for(intcharIndex=0charIndex

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amielv(/member/amielv)canupleasehelpme,therewasanerror,

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invalidtypes'char[int]'forarraysubscript..

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dinesh.maharjan.94064(/member/dinesh.maharjan.94064)canyougivemethecodetodisplayallSmallLetterandnumericalnumber.....dinfrnpal@gmail.comthankz..

rca_dj1(/member/rca_dj1)thanksCarlou,itfullyworkedyouhelpmealotinmystudies,couldyouhelpmeinmakingitmuchaccessiblecausethetextisinthecode,whatshouldichangeinthecodetohaveitintheserialmonitor?

GandhiRaj(/member/GandhiRaj)ThankYouAllFriends.YoursDiscussions,Information&QuestionsareVeryusefultous.

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carlou(/member/carlou)Thankyouforyourcode!

forthefont,youcanusethis:http://sunge.awardspace.com/glcdsd/node4.html(http://sunge.awardspace.com/glcdsd/node4.html)

andchange"intalphabetIndex=msg[charIndex]'@'"by"intalphabetIndex=msg[charIndex]''"it'sperfet!

Ihave2question:howtostopthescrolling?

andhowinsertavariableinmsg[]?

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jz02bdn(/member/jz02bdn)whythematrixcannotdisplaythenumberornumeric,itrytoaddnewcodeforfontthatisnumeric.pleasehelpme!!!!dody.irawan@ymail.comthanks

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also.Thnx

fferreira10(/member/fferreira10)...andtheansweris...

if(isOn)bitmap[row][zone]=bitmap[row][zone]|colBitelsebitmap[row][zone]=bitmap[row][zone]&(~colBit)

changethe|colBitwiththe&(~colBit)inthecodeandtryagain?

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fferreira10(/member/fferreira10)Hello,thanksforthistutorialusingthe74hc595CI.Ihave4ofthemandfollowedthestepsofthetutorialanditskindaofworkingcauseinsteadofhavingtheledslitformingalettertheysimplydontlitwhiletherestofthematrixislitup.Ihavereviewedallthestepsandcouldntfindtheissue.Helpismuchappreciated.

Yonnis(/member/Yonnis)Hi,imodifiedthetimedelayfrom(delayMicroseconds(500))todelayMicroseconds(50))tolettheletterabitfaster,thanusaulitdidnotworkforme,anyonetriedthisorsimilarplease.

rusty0101(/member/rusty0101)Forthosewondering,thereasonthatit'sdifficulttoaddmorecharactersisthattheprogramisreferencingthecharactersinthealphabetarraybygettingthebytevalueofthecharactertodisplayintheasciicharactertable,andsubractingfromthatthebytevalueofthe'@'characterintheasciicharactertable.ThatmakesAthefirstcharacterinthisarray,andworksforAZ.

Howeverifyoulookattheasciitable(onecanbefoundathttp://www.techonthenet.com/ascii/chart.php(http://www.techonthenet.com/ascii/chart.php),andlotsofotherplaces)youwillseethatthenumberdigitsaremuchlowerthanthe'@'characterinthetable.

Ifyouwanttoincludenumbersinyourcode,youhaveafewoptions.Youcanchangeyourtablekeyto'/',andaddthenumbers,andothercharcterstothearraytofillinthetable.(Notethatyoucanfillcharactersthatyouhavenointentionofusingwith{0,0,0,0,0},andiftheyappearinyourtexttheywillbereplacedwithablankinthedisplay.)

Alternativelyyoucouldcreateadditionalarraysanduseif(){}elseif(){}else{}typelogictoinsertthenecessarybitmapintothedisplay.

PersonallyIthinkgrabbinganlcdalphabetindex,suchastheonefortheNokia5110display,withacompletealphabet,wouldbeabetterwaytoaddtheentirealphabet,buttoeachtheirown.

Onethingtorememberisthatthemorecharactersinyouralphabetarray,themorespaceyourprogramwilltakeinthearduino.Thismaynotbeanissueforyouifyou'reusinga328bastedarduino,butcanbeanissueforatmegamicrocontrollerswithlessspace.

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Analternativetoprovidingafullalphabet,withouthavingtofillinALLofthecharacters,orusingmultiplearrayswouldbetostartbydefiningacharacterarraythatyouusetogetanindextothealphabetarrayyouaregoingtouse.

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Forexampleforthealphabetarrayprovidedinthesamplecodeyoucoulduse:stringalphabetsoupmap="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"//thestringstartswithaspacethatwillbeindexpointzero,whichmatchesthe'space'//characterinalphabetsoup.

Theninsteadof:intalphabetIndex=msg[charIndex]'@'if(alphabetIndex

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yesyoucan...butitrytoaddthecodestillnotwork...thisismyfilehttp://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22738692/Generator%20LED%20Matrix.exe(http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22738692/Generator%20LED%20Matrix.exe)

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