The Hackerspace Mike(s) (all of them) are terrible people. This drives a display to quantify just how terrible.
what do
Throw the sketch on an Arduino Mega or similar, and put a http://adafru.it/420 on it.
On reset, the sketch reads a string from EEPROM. If not initialised, it'll probably give you interesting snowcrashy weirdness.
how do
The sketch responds to three commands over serial:
@@reset@@ resets the counter.
@@a new message@@ sets "a new message" as the scrolling message, stashes it in EEPROM, and resets.
@@yo@@ is for Yobiquity™ integration.
where's that serial supposed to come from then?
@dloman needs to fix the code for the accompanying ESP8266.
the front fell off
ok, wiring this thing is kinda weird
follow the guide for connecting it up at https://learn.adafruit.com/32x16-32x32-rgb-led-matrix/connecting-with-jumper-wires
i'm criminally impatient
display pins (viewed from back)
2 1
4 3
6 5
9 8
10 9
12 11
14 13
16 15
display arduino what
1 24 R1
2 25 G1
3 26 B1
4 GND ground
5 27 R2
6 28 G2
7 29 B2
8 GND ground
9 A0 A select
10 A1 B select
11 A2 C select
12 GND ground
13 11 clock
14 A3 latch
15 9 row strobe
16 GND ground
i need to program the esp/arduino but the box is nailed shut on the right side of the box there is serial connected to the ESP and USB connected to the Arduino the serial follows the FTDI color scheme