Coloeduino Help

Projects General Guidance
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Hey guys, new here to the arduino world! And my first project is a 116 RGB LED coffee table that I am currently working on! I got the table all built and framed, and all the LEDS in place, now it is just the tedious task of wiring these 116 leds! I did some research and found that the colorduino can only power 64 RGB LEDS, so I bought two colorduinos, and split my table into two 8x8 matrixs. I have yet to figure out how to connnect the two colorduinos together to work together. But that will be for later.

Anyways so far I have only done 2 rows of 8 leds, it has been allot of trial and error, I first used packing tape to isolate the connections and hold the pins/leds to the table, unfortunately the packing tape did not stick to well, and found that hot glue worked perfectly! Anyways since I am using heat and also such small wires (30 awg) I want to connect my row of leds to the colorduino to see if the leds light up.

So I guess my first question is, when the colorduino is first booted does it come preloaded with some sort of lighting sequence? Or will I have to program it first?

Second, My colorduino has two GREEN headers that say VIN and GND. as pictured below, Wich one do I use to power the colorduino, also the header says

VIN
VIN
GND
GND

Why is there two vins and two gnd? do I have to bring two wires to it? Also I beleive it said 5v is what I need to send to it?

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I have no experience of this product whatsoever, but you can download demonstration software from the iTead web site.

4

But is there one preloaded?

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6

i doubt it will be preloaded with a program

try and program it so it flashes a simple led

7

I doubt it too, and seeing as no one is confirming one way or the other perhaps you could ask the manufacturer, or the dealer you bought it off?

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Hmm well if that is the case, does anyone know a good solution to test my leds? The arduino programing is the part I have no idea about, so I'd like to save that for last/