{"id":11813,"date":"2016-09-29T21:45:36","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T01:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/?p=11813"},"modified":"2023-04-11T22:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:28:53","slug":"rgb-matrix-driver-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/rgb-matrix-driver-shield\/","title":{"rendered":"16&#215;32 RGB Matrix Panel Driver Shield Revision 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tindie.com\/products\/rajbex\/16x32-rgb-matrix-panel-with-an-arduino-uno-shield\/\">RGB matrix panel driver shield<\/a><\/strong> for Arduino Uno has been slightly revised. The shield now also carries the DS1307 RTC chip on board along with a CR1220 coin cell battery holder on the back. It is applicable\u00a0for driving popular 16&#215;32 RGB matrix panels with HUB75 (8&#215;2 IDC) connectors.\u00a0Row and column driver circuits are already built on the back side of these matrix panel. The data and control signal pins for driving rows and columns are accessible through the\u00a0HUB75 connector. It requires 12 digital I\/O pins of Arduino Uno for full color control.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11802\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RGBshield3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11802\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11802\" src=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RGBshield3-580x387.jpg\" alt=\"Revised RGB Matrix driver shield\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RGBshield3-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RGBshield3-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/RGBshield3.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Revised RGB Matrix driver shield<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The revised version also has a slide switch (SW1) to select the source of the 5V input to the Arduino Uno. If it is in ON position, the 5V input from the DC barrel jack of the shield also goes to the VIN pin of Arduino Uno. In this case, Arduino Uno does not need to be powered separately as it gets from the shield. If the switch is in OFF position, the Arduino Uno must need its own power supply, which could be from an USB port or an extra DC wall adapter connected to the Uno board.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11849\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RGBshield2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11849\" class=\"wp-image-11849 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RGBshield2-580x459.jpg\" alt=\"rgbshield2\" width=\"580\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RGBshield2-580x459.jpg 580w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RGBshield2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CR1220 coin cell battery holder for RTC chip<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We sell the display module, the RGB driver shield, and connecting wires as a kit at our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tindie.com\/stores\/rajbex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tindie Store<\/a><\/strong>. Outside the United States, you can also purchase it from our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elecrow.com\/cde20031p.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elecrow Store<\/a><\/strong>. The DS1307 RTC chip&#8217;s I2C bus is pre-wired to the Arduino A4 and A5 pins on the shield. This display module is fully compatible with Adafruit&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/adafruit\/RGB-matrix-Panel\">RGBMatrixPanel Library<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11848\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RGBpackage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11848\" class=\"wp-image-11848 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RGBpackage-580x456.jpg\" alt=\"rgbpackage\" width=\"580\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RGBpackage-580x456.jpg 580w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/RGBpackage.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RGB panel and driver shield kit for only $32.99 at our Tindie store<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11852\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Demo6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11852\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11852\" src=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Demo6-580x398.jpg\" alt=\"RTC demo\" width=\"580\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Demo6-580x398.jpg 580w, https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Demo6.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RTC demo<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Links:<\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tindie.com\/products\/rajbex\/16x32-rgb-matrix-panel-with-an-arduino-uno-shield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy it here<\/a>\u00a0in Unites States<\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elecrow.com\/cde20031p.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from our Elecrow Store<\/a>\u00a0in China<\/h5>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/hookup-guide-for-16x32-rgb-led-panel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hookup guide and demo program for this kit<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Note that\u00a0the power supply required to power the LED panel is not included in the kit. You will need a regulated 5V DC power supply with enough current sourcing capability (~2A)\u00a0to power the RGB panel. More details on the external power supply can be found in the hookup guide (link provided above).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our RGB matrix panel driver shield for Arduino Uno has been slightly revised. The shield now also carries the DS1307 RTC chip on board along with a CR1220 coin cell battery holder on the back. It is applicable\u00a0for driving popular 16&#215;32 RGB matrix panels with HUB75 (8&#215;2 IDC) connectors.\u00a0Row and column driver circuits are already built on the back side of these matrix panel. The data and control signal pins for driving rows and columns are accessible through the\u00a0HUB75 connector. It requires 12 digital I\/O pins of Arduino Uno for full color control. The revised version also has a slide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,1464,592,437],"tags":[931,1451],"class_list":["post-11813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arduino-2","category-featured","category-led-display","category-products","tag-arduino-shield","tag-rgb-matrix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11813"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15149,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11813\/revisions\/15149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/embedded-lab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}