MAX7219 LED Name Plate – Weekend Project
Like most electronic geeks, at some point, you'll build a project displaying something on a matrix of LEDs! I remember how proud I was many years back displaying things on an 8x8 LED matrix multiplexed using only shift registers and a basic PIC micro-controller! Although all of your "normal" friends will definitely give you the, "oh cool, is that all that huge pile of messy wires does" face. Now, you can buy ready to go LED matrix modules, [...]