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Wii Matrix Board

For dorkbotpdx last night, I made this little toy:

WiiMatrix

It's an 8x8 red+green LED Matrix, driven by two shift registers and a Bare Bones Board Freeduino by Modern Device Company.

SparkFun Tri-Color LED Matrix Display Pinout

I recently acquired a tri-color LED Matrix display from SparkFun.

SparkFun Tri-Color Dot Matrix Display

I bought it "bare" (with no controller), for the challenge of setting it up, and I'm finally getting around to doing it.

LED Birthday Candle

In order to encourage us to play with electronics more, JWA and I have begun doing monthly challenges. For our inaugural challenge, we decided upon an LED Birthday Candle. This is my entry to that challenge.

LED Birthday Candle

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