Lesson 15 MAX7219 LED Dot Matrix Module

Lesson 15: MAX7219 LED Dot Matrix Module. Run a simple sketch provided in the Elegoo tutorial, using LEDControl and LEDMatrixDriver libraries. A beginner's guide to the Most Complete Starter Kit by Elegoo.

Hello everyone, I'm Rick the Tech Enthusiast here with the next Lesson number 15 “MAX7219 LED Dot Matrix Module”. This is the next lesson on my Arduino UNO Series covering the Most Complete Starter Kit by Elegoo. I try to follow the included tutorial and will point out any changes or corrections as I find them.

As mentioned before, I purchased this Elegoo starter kit and Elegoo isn't sponsoring me. I just thought it would be fun to do a video of each Lesson as I was learning the Arduino environment.

For this video, we’ll need a few things from your Elegoo Arduino UNO kit. I’ll list the items below. In this lesson we’re going to check out the MAX7219 LED Dot Matrix Module provided in the kit. I’ll step through the Elegoo provided tutorial and briefly explain how code makes this happen. We’ll build and configure a simple circuit that is provided in the tutorial to demonstrate the functionality. The sketch used a software SPI driven Library, and then we’ll install a hardware SPI library and see some of the differences. I hope you enjoy it.

Parts you’ll need for the tutorial:
Elegoo Arduino UNO R3 board
The MAX7219 LED Dot Matrix Module
Five female-to-male jumper wires

The next lesson will be Lesson 16: GY-521 Module.

Links:
This lesson’s sketch and associated drawings can be found at [Github](https://github.com/rmorenojr/ElegooTu...)

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MAX7219 LED Dot Matrix Module 8 x 8 with 5pcs Dupont Line – Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Elegoo EL-KIT-001 UNO R3 Project Complete Starter Kit with Tutorial for Arduino (63 Items) on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Elegoo’s web site https://www.elegoo.com/
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Fritzing Software: http://fritzing.org/download/
Arduino Language Reference (English): https://www.arduino.cc/reference/en/
LED Control explanation: http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/Led...
LedControl Library: https://github.com/wayoda/LedControl
LEDMatrixDriver Library: https://github.com/bartoszbielawski/L...
Arduino tutorial: LED Matrix red 8x8 64 Led driven by MAX7219 (or MAX7221) and Arduino Uno:    • Arduino tutorial: LED Matrix red 8x8 ...  

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