John Park in the Maker Shed: LoL shield

Arduino

Run some scrolling text, patterns, and more on the LoL Shield for Arduino. In this video John Park shows the sample text sketch in action. Release the bees!

The LoL Shield is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino. You can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid. Scroll text, play games, display images, or anything else you want to do. Please note, this is a shield and requires an Arduino for control. Comes with library and example code to get you started programming Lots of LEDs right away!

LoL Shield in the Maker Shed

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