Creating an electronic ticker tape with LED strips?

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Hello everyone!

I'm trying to create an electronic stock ticker tape for my office (as shown above) using LED strip lights and controlled by an Arduino.

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tickerplay.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FLED-Stock-Ticker-Tape.png&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tickerplay.com%2Felectronic-led-signs-stock-ticker-tape%2F&tbnid=9J2032EoDFIsOM&vet=12ahUKEwjO7YW_4NvuAhVYA98KHb8LC68QMygEegUIARCTAg..i&docid=3TAipTG13g8RLM&w=1024&h=554&q=electronic%20ticker%20tape&ved=2ahUKEwjO7YW_4NvuAhVYA98KHb8LC68QMygEegUIARCTAg

It obviously won't be as complex since I'm using LED strip lights. I figure I need at least 5 strips (the smallest characters that are still visible are 5x5 pixels). Not really looking for any software guidance right now, But I wanted to know if this is really the best way to approach this? I know the LEDs on strip lights are kind of far apart so would I even get a readable result?

I'd appreciate any feedback or guidance.

Thanks!

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Start with some Adafruit modules.


You will however require something more sophisticated than a UNO or Nano.

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Hi,
Welcome to the forum.

Google max7219 led controller arduino ticker tape

This may help;

Tom... :slight_smile:

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