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Simple test code for 8x8 led matrix module with Arduino. Requires that you install the LedControl library.
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max7219_matrix.ino
/* Dot matrix control Scrolling
* Tutorial: https://www.electronoobs.com/eng_arduino_tut56.php
*/
#include <LedControl.h> //LedControl library: https://www.electronoobs.com/ledcontrol.php
const unsigned char scrollText[] PROGMEM ={" Embedded Systems "};
const int numDevices = 1; // number of MAX7219s used in this case 2
const long scrollDelay = 60; // adjust scrolling speed
unsigned long bufferLong [14] = {0};
LedControl lc=LedControl(12,10,11,numDevices);//DATA | CLK | CS/LOAD | number of matrices
void setup()
{
for (int x=0; x<numDevices; x++)
{
lc.shutdown(x,false); //The MAX72XX is in power-saving mode on startup
lc.setIntensity(x,8); // Set the brightness to default value
lc.clearDisplay(x); // and clear the display
}
}
void loop(){
scrollMessage(scrollText); //scrollFont();
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
const unsigned char font5x7 [] PROGMEM = { //Numeric Font Matrix (Arranged as 7x font data + 1x kerning data)
B00000000, //Space (Char 0x20)
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
3,//cambias el tamaño del espacio entre letras
B01000000, //!
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B00000000,
B01000000,
2,
B10100000, //"
B10100000,
B10100000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
4,
B01010000, //#
B01010000,
B11111000,
B01010000,
B11111000,
B01010000,
B01010000,
6,
B00100000, //$
B01111000,
B10100000,
B01110000,
B00101000,
B11110000,
B00100000,
6,
B11000000, //%
B11001000,
B00010000,
B00100000,
B01000000,
B10011000,
B00011000,
6,
B01100000, //&
B10010000,
B10100000,
B01000000,
B10101000,
B10010000,
B01101000,
6,
B11000000, //'
B01000000,
B10000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
3,
B00100000, //(
B01000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B01000000,
B00100000,
4,
B10000000, //)
B01000000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
4,
B00000000, //*
B00100000,
B10101000,
B01110000,
B10101000,
B00100000,
B00000000,
6,
B00000000, //+
B00100000,
B00100000,
B11111000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00000000,
6,
B00000000, //,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B11000000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
3,
B00000000, //-
B00000000,
B11111000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
6,
B00000000, //.
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B11000000,
B11000000,
3,
B00000000, ///
B00001000,
B00010000,
B00100000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
B00000000,
6,
B01110000, //0
B10001000,
B10011000,
B10101000,
B11001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B01000000, //1
B11000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B11100000,
4,
B01110000, //2
B10001000,
B00001000,
B00010000,
B00100000,
B01000000,
B11111000,
6,
B11111000, //3
B00010000,
B00100000,
B00010000,
B00001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B00010000, //4
B00110000,
B01010000,
B10010000,
B11111000,
B00010000,
B00010000,
6,
B11111000, //5
B10000000,
B11110000,
B00001000,
B00001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B00110000, //6
B01000000,
B10000000,
B11110000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B11111000, //7
B10001000,
B00001000,
B00010000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
6,
B01110000, //8
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B01110000, //9
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01111000,
B00001000,
B00010000,
B01100000,
6,
B00000000, //:
B11000000,
B11000000,
B00000000,
B11000000,
B11000000,
B00000000,
3,
B00000000, //;
B11000000,
B11000000,
B00000000,
B11000000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
3,
B00010000, //<
B00100000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
B01000000,
B00100000,
B00010000,
5,
B00000000, //=
B00000000,
B11111000,
B00000000,
B11111000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
6,
B10000000, //>
B01000000,
B00100000,
B00010000,
B00100000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
5,
B01110000, //?
B10001000,
B00001000,
B00010000,
B00100000,
B00000000,
B00100000,
6,
B01110000, //@
B10001000,
B00001000,
B01101000,
B10101000,
B10101000,
B01110000,
6,
B01110000, //A
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B11111000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
6,
B11110000, //B
B10001000,
B10001000,
B11110000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B11110000,
6,
B01110000, //C
B10001000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B11100000, //D
B10010000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10010000,
B11100000,
6,
B11111000, //E
B10000000,
B10000000,
B11110000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B11111000,
6,
B11111000, //F
B10000000,
B10000000,
B11110000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
6,
B01110000, //G
B10001000,
B10000000,
B10111000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01111000,
6,
B10001000, //H
B10001000,
B10001000,
B11111000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
6,
B11100000, //I
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B11100000,
4,
B00111000, //J
B00010000,
B00010000,
B00010000,
B00010000,
B10010000,
B01100000,
6,
B10001000, //K
B10010000,
B10100000,
B11000000,
B10100000,
B10010000,
B10001000,
6,
B10000000, //L
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B11111000,
6,
B10001000, //M
B11011000,
B10101000,
B10101000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
6,
B10001000, //N
B10001000,
B11001000,
B10101000,
B10011000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
6,
B01110000, //O
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B11110000, //P
B10001000,
B10001000,
B11110000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
6,
B01110000, //Q
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10101000,
B10010000,
B01101000,
6,
B11110000, //R
B10001000,
B10001000,
B11110000,
B10100000,
B10010000,
B10001000,
6,
B01111000, //S
B10000000,
B10000000,
B01110000,
B00001000,
B00001000,
B11110000,
6,
B11111000, //T
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
6,
B10001000, //U
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B10001000, //V
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01010000,
B00100000,
6,
B10001000, //W
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10101000,
B10101000,
B10101000,
B01010000,
6,
B10001000, //X
B10001000,
B01010000,
B00100000,
B01010000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
6,
B10001000, //Y
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01010000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
6,
B11111000, //Z
B00001000,
B00010000,
B00100000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
B11111000,
6,
B11100000, //[
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B11100000,
4,
B00000000, //(Backward Slash)
B10000000,
B01000000,
B00100000,
B00010000,
B00001000,
B00000000,
6,
B11100000, //]
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B00100000,
B11100000,
4,
B00100000, //^
B01010000,
B10001000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
6,
B00000000, //_
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B11111000,
6,
B10000000, //`
B01000000,
B00100000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
4,
B00000000, //a
B00000000,
B01110000,
B00001000,
B01111000,
B10001000,
B01111000,
6,
B10000000, //b
B10000000,
B10110000,
B11001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B11110000,
6,
B00000000, //c
B00000000,
B01110000,
B10001000,
B10000000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B00001000, //d
B00001000,
B01101000,
B10011000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01111000,
6,
B00000000, //e
B00000000,
B01110000,
B10001000,
B11111000,
B10000000,
B01110000,
6,
B00110000, //f
B01001000,
B01000000,
B11100000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
6,
B00000000, //g
B01111000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01111000,
B00001000,
B01110000,
6,
B10000000, //h
B10000000,
B10110000,
B11001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
6,
B01000000, //i
B00000000,
B11000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B11100000,
4,
B00010000, //j
B00000000,
B00110000,
B00010000,
B00010000,
B10010000,
B01100000,
5,
B10000000, //k
B10000000,
B10010000,
B10100000,
B11000000,
B10100000,
B10010000,
5,
B11000000, //l
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B11100000,
4,
B00000000, //m
B00000000,
B11010000,
B10101000,
B10101000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
6,
B00000000, //n
B00000000,
B10110000,
B11001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
6,
B00000000, //o
B00000000,
B01110000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01110000,
6,
B00000000, //p
B00000000,
B11110000,
B10001000,
B11110000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
6,
B00000000, //q
B00000000,
B01101000,
B10011000,
B01111000,
B00001000,
B00001000,
6,
B00000000, //r
B00000000,
B10110000,
B11001000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
6,
B00000000, //s
B00000000,
B01110000,
B10000000,
B01110000,
B00001000,
B11110000,
6,
B01000000, //t
B01000000,
B11100000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B01001000,
B00110000,
6,
B00000000, //u
B00000000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10011000,
B01101000,
6,
B00000000, //v
B00000000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01010000,
B00100000,
6,
B00000000, //w
B00000000,
B10001000,
B10101000,
B10101000,
B10101000,
B01010000,
6,
B00000000, //x
B00000000,
B10001000,
B01010000,
B00100000,
B01010000,
B10001000,
6,
B00000000, //y
B00000000,
B10001000,
B10001000,
B01111000,
B00001000,
B01110000,
6,
B00000000, //z
B00000000,
B11111000,
B00010000,
B00100000,
B01000000,
B11111000,
6,
B00100000, //{
B01000000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B00100000,
4,
B10000000, //|
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
B10000000,
2,
B10000000, //}
B01000000,
B01000000,
B00100000,
B01000000,
B01000000,
B10000000,
4,
B00000000, //~
B00000000,
B00000000,
B01101000,
B10010000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
6,
B01100000, // (Char 0x7F)
B10010000,
B10010000,
B01100000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
B00000000,
5,
B00000000, // smiley
B01100000,
B01100110,
B00000000,
B10000001,
B01100110,
B00011000,
5
};
void scrollFont() {
for (int counter=0x20;counter<0x80;counter++){
loadBufferLong(counter);
delay(500);
}
}
// Scroll Message
void scrollMessage(const unsigned char * messageString) {
int counter = 0;
int myChar=0;
do {
// read back a char
myChar = pgm_read_byte_near(messageString + counter);
if (myChar != 0){
loadBufferLong(myChar);
}
counter++;
}
while (myChar != 0);
}
// Load character into scroll buffer
void loadBufferLong(int ascii){
if (ascii >= 0x20 && ascii <=0x7f){
for (int a=0;a<7;a++){ // Loop 7 times for a 5x7 font
unsigned long c = pgm_read_byte_near(font5x7 + ((ascii - 0x20) * 8) + a); // Index into character table to get row data
unsigned long x = bufferLong [a*2]; // Load current scroll buffer
x = x | c; // OR the new character onto end of current
bufferLong [a*2] = x; // Store in buffer
}
byte count = pgm_read_byte_near(font5x7 +((ascii - 0x20) * 8) + 7); // Index into character table for kerning data
for (byte x=0; x<count;x++){
rotateBufferLong();
printBufferLong();
delay(scrollDelay);
}
}
}
// Rotate the buffer
void rotateBufferLong(){
for (int a=0;a<7;a++){ // Loop 7 times for a 5x7 font
unsigned long x = bufferLong [a*2]; // Get low buffer entry
byte b = bitRead(x,31); // Copy high order bit that gets lost in rotation
x = x<<1; // Rotate left one bit
bufferLong [a*2] = x; // Store new low buffer
x = bufferLong [a*2+1]; // Get high buffer entry
x = x<<1; // Rotate left one bit
bitWrite(x,0,b); // Store saved bit
bufferLong [a*2+1] = x; // Store new high buffer
}
}
// Display Buffer on LED matrix
void printBufferLong(){
for (int a=0;a<7;a++){ // Loop 7 times for a 5x7 font
unsigned long x = bufferLong [a*2+1]; // Get high buffer entry
byte y = x; // Mask off first character
lc.setRow(3,a,y); // Send row to relevent MAX7219 chip
x = bufferLong [a*2]; // Get low buffer entry
y = (x>>24); // Mask off second character
lc.setRow(2,a,y); // Send row to relevent MAX7219 chip
y = (x>>16); // Mask off third character
lc.setRow(1,a,y); // Send row to relevent MAX7219 chip
y = (x>>8); // Mask off forth character
lc.setRow(0,a,y); // Send row to relevent MAX7219 chip
}
}
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