Content for MAX7219

Shaking Arduino Dice

“One year ago I built a simple Arduino dice with my son. We have learned a lot in the meantime and it’s time for an update… Story About a year ago my son and I built an electronic dice …

Wireless LED Matrix Display with RaspberryPi, Node-RED, MQTT

“Universal wireless display, control text and intensity over MQTT from Node-RED or your phone. Display weather, notifications, time. Story Wireless matrix LED display which you can place anwhere in your home. Connect to USB charger or power bank for …

8x16 LED Matrix Pong Game (2 Paddles Per Player Version)

“I have been inspired by many variations of the classic Pong game implemented on Arduino utilizing an 8x8 LED matrix. In this instructable, I will show you how to build my favorite Pong version which has two paddles - striker and …

JolliCube - LED Cube Internet Clock

“It has been more than 2 years since we designed jolliCube, a single color 8x8x8 LED cube driven using MAX7219 IC chips. It is amazing to see how the humble single color LEDs can be used to build into an …

Spaceship Control Panel - Laser Cut Arduino Toy

“A few months ago I decided to become a member of the local maker space, since I’ve been wanting to learn the tools of the maker trade for ages. I had a tiny bit of Arduino experience and a …

Arduino Nano - 8 Digit Segment Display

“The MAX7219 is a popular serial LED driver that is popularly used with micro-controllers and Arduino community has a built-in library, which makes easy to work with it. The MAX7219 works with Dot Matrix Display’s and Seven Segment Display …

Scrolling Text Display (A to Z Guide)

“In this instructable / video I will guide you with step by step instructions how to make scrolling text display with Arduino. I won’t be explaining how to make code for Arduino, I will show you how to use existing …

1024 LED Matrix WiFi Message Board with Menu

“ESP32 powered 16x8x8 LED matrix displaying real-time news, weather, stock data, date, time and barometer information, menu controllable. The idea After my previous project (Arduino 32x8 LED Matrix Info Display displaying date, time, temperature, humidity) I thought it would be …

Homemade Nixies - DIY Vintage Clock

“I’ve made some “nixie” tubes. These are actually 7 segments displays made with filament LEDs but placed in a plastic bottle so it will have a more vintage nixie look. To control the LEDs I’m usig the MAX7219 …

NTP Synchronized Alarm Clock

“Hi. This is my first instructable and English is not my native language so please be patient. I wanted to build an NTP alarm clock with an RTC that will be synchronized from the internet. I found the very nice …