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Arduino Project Handbook
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Arduino Project Handbook

by Mark Geddes
June 2016
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
5h 4m
English
No Starch Press
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Project 24: Rainbow Light Show

In this project, we’ll create a rainbow light show using an 8×8 RGB LED matrix. We’ll also use shift registers to extend the Arduino and control the matrix.

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PARTS REQUIRED

• Arduino board

• 2 full-size breadboards

• Jumper wires

• 8×8 RGB LED matrix

• 4 74HC595 shift registers

• 16 220-ohm resistors

• 8 330-ohm resistors

HOW IT WORKS

An RGB LED matrix (Figure 24-1) is a grid of 64 red, green, and blue LEDs. You can create the colors of the rainbow by controlling each LED individually and by mixing colors together. ...

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