Adafruit RGB Matrix Shield for Arduino

Use this shield to control RGB matricies with their hundreds or even thousands of individual RGB LEDs.

If you've got an Arduino-compatible board, with an ATmega328p chip or SAMD21 or even SAMD51 this shield will make usage easy.

Plug it onto your microcontroller board, and you'll be able to attach any RGB matrix with ease. This shield just takes care of the wiring for you.

For 800mA or less power usage on the matrix you can even 'borrow' the 5V power from the Arduino's regulator. This isn't good for projects where you have a lot of LEDs on at once but for scrolling text and light LED usage it will make wiring even easier because you dont need a separate power adapter. Of course, if you need 1 Amp or more, just use the 2x8 connector for data and use a separate 5V 2A or 5V 4A wall adapter directly to the panel.

Notes

• This shield is just a wiring adapter, if you have a Metro 328 you can only use 16x32 or possibly 32x32 matrices before you run out of RAM.
• A little light soldering to attach the headers, connector and terminal block.
• The Arduino library only supports 32-pixel tall matrices, so don't try using a 64x64 matrix, it doesn't work.