I posed on here a while back about making a integrated turn signal/brake light and im finally able to start working on it again. I changed a few things to hopefully make it brighter and easier.
Can my arduino Uno r3 handle this or will i need shift registers and led drivers? Would esentially make a 7x2 matrix? What wiring would be best for this and help with fluid animations?
metalman3797:
Can my arduino Uno r3 handle this or will i need shift registers and led drivers? Would esentially make a 7x2 matrix? What wiring would be best for this and help with fluid animations?
Using a LED driver is always a good idea. Messing about with resistors, etc. will always lead to sub-optimal brightness control.
metalman3797:
Would esentially make a 7x2 matrix? What wiring would be best for this and help with fluid animations?It will be basic operation
For maximum brightness, use an LED driver such as the TLC5940. If you can accept slightly lower brightness, connect the LEDs in a 7x2 matrix, with 7 series resistors and 2 transistors.
If you can live with 6 channels, an Uno has 6 PWM channels and I'll bet you can come up with a clever way to mux the left and right sides (the ""2" part of the 6x2 matrix). You could possibly use a 7th digital channel and that one could either be 0-100% or you can write some code to PWM that digital channel. I believe the Uno can handle this on its own, with a few resistors and transistors.