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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
News ticker with three MAX7219 8×8 dot led matrix devices
Introduction I remember as a kid walking up with my daddy to the town's main square where high up on the facade of the local newspaper building a big news ticker would run stirring headlines such as "Japan Tsunami Flushes Tokyo", or "Wall Street Crashes". Such headlines triggered my imagination. Oh, if I could create... Continue Reading →