Hey guys… I’m new here 
And I have a question! 
How do I wire up 192 LEDs on a Rainbowduino ? I want to light individual LEDs instead of a 8x8 RGB DOT Matrix.
Thank you in advance,
xDGx
I already did this. Do you user 192 single Leds or do you use 64 RGB Leds ?
The wiring itself follows the one for the matrix provided in the Rainbowduino Manual.
You posted in the wrong section btw, this should go to “Tech Support”
Hi xDGx,
To control 192 LEDs, the difficult part is how to connect them to the rainbowduino and how to control the spcific led.
I suggest you look at my rainbowduino demo code(Rainbowduino_v1_0_4.zip), which may give you some instructions. (Not fully finished yet 
)
http://code.google.com/p/rainbowduino/downloads/list
To control 192 LEDs, you may try this way:
-
led0~led23 as the first group of which anode use the same VCC.
conect anode of led0~led23 -> VCC1
connect cathode of led0->R8,led1->G8,led2->B8;led3->R7,led4->G7,led5->B7;… led21->R0,led22->G0,led23->B0 -
led24~led47 as the second group of which anode use the same VCC.
conect anode of led24~led47 -> VCC2
connect cathode of led24->R8,led25->G8,led26->B8;led27->R7,led28->G7,led29->B7;… led45->R0,led46->G0,led47->B0
…
- led168~led191 as the 24th group of which anode use the same VCC.
conect anode of led168~led191 -> VCC8
connect cathode of led168->R8,led169->G8,led170->B8;led171->R7,led172->G7,led173->B7;… led189->R0,led190->G0,led191->B0
Then change matrixColorData[line][column] with different value will change the brightness of specific led.
For example matrixColorData[0][0] = 0x000f -> led0 brightest
matrixColorData[0][0] = 0x0000 -> led0 off
matrixColorData[0][0] = 0x00f0 -> led1 brightest
matrixColorData[0][0] = 0x0f00 -> led2 brightest
matrixColorData[0][1] = 0x000f -> led3 brightest
matrixColorData[1][0] = 0x000f -> led24 brightest
You can try it! Feel free to ask any question!
All the best,
-Icing
