A five – 8×8 dot matrix MAX7219 Arduino news ticker with breadboard power supply

Introduction In a previous paper I described wiring up three MAX7219 8x8 dot led matrix devices with an Arduino microboard to create a news ticker scrolling the latest headlines. Based on the experience collected building that prototype I decided to construct a full scale 'soldered' news ticker equipped five MAX7219 8x8 dot matrix devices. Because...

A lcd display monitored Arduino news ticker based on MAX7219 dot led matrix devices

Introduction In a previous paper I described wiring up three MAX7219 8x8 dot led matrix devices with an Arduino microboard to create a news ticker running the latest headlines. Although being successful from the point of creating a news ticker device, that ticker is a static device, that is that the ticker headlines are embedded...