This gorgeous LED matrix display will wow you

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you only care about showing content as clearly as possible at the lowest cost, then you’ll want to turn to LCD or OLED technology. But a project’s display gives you an opportunity to get creative with the aesthetic, which opens up a whole world of different display types. If you want a retro feel, […]

Electronic game of Connect Four played on an 8×8 LED matrix

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe childhood classic tabletop game of Connect Four entails dropping either a red or yellow disc into one of several columns in a grid with the hope of lining up four in a row. And even though the game has existed digitally for a while now, it is mostly played on LCD screens with fancier […]

LED matrix made touch sensitive with infrared control

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLED matrix made touch sensitive with infrared control Arduino Team — August 19th, 2019 If you’d like to integrate touch functionality to your LED project, then tuenhidiy may have just the thing for you.  The setup uses 16 pairs of IR emitter and receivers arranged down the length of a bi-color 16×32 matrix to tell […]

Use an LED matrix as a scanner

Reading Time: 2 minutesUse an LED matrix as a scanner Arduino Team — May 1st, 2019 Consider that a digital camera uses an array of sensors to capture light from an object. Maker Marcio T, however, decided to turn this idea on its head and instead utilize an array of lights that are detected by a single sensor. […]

Making an LED matrix out of glue sticks

Reading Time: 2 minutesMaking an LED matrix out of glue sticks Arduino Team — January 14th, 2019 Glue sticks are great for attaching electronics and other bits to projects, but as Jon Bumstead shows in his latest work, they can also make pretty cool light diffusers.  His project takes the form of a wooden box with plexiglass panels, […]