So I have a nano every arduino board I have the matrix (connected to VCC 5V GND GND DIN 12 CS 10 CLK 11) it has a max7219 driver and I want to run the code it on the arduino ide 2.1.2 nightly to have a phrase that says like characters and that jazz and [] and you write what you want in the [] so you can easily change it to say different stuff I understand code and are decent are writing it but for arduinos not very much so I need help scrolling custom characters with ease by writing it in a simple phrase so please help
A quick search with your favourite search engine for "arduino max7219 scrolling text code" should have brought up several examples for you to have a look at.
The examples may not do exactly what you want but they should - if they are decent examples - provide you with the basics and allow you to modify the code for your own needs.
I had a quick look at the pinout for the Nano Every and if you intend to use the hardware SPI interface, then it looks like MAX7219 DIN should go to SPI COPI (pin D11), MAX7219 CLK to SPI CLK (pin D13), with MAX7219 CS on D8.
On a 8x8 matrix you can output one character after another.
I mean for the characters to collapse after another characters clean so scrolling.
How many 8x8 modules do you want to use. Here's a youtube tutorial using 2 modules:
There are others with more modules.
For individual LED control, I like using LedControl.h:
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