Making Monday - Getting an 64x32 RGB Matrix working [Was Live On Twitch]

We eventually did it and it was a real team effort! Thanks to everyone! This display is amazing looking, will definitely use it in an upcoming video!
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[@UnexpectedMaker]

That is an amazing looking LED Panel! Great job!

[@BrianLough]

Thanks, was more than a little inspired by your stream using it :)

[@clippedwing-bensmith1614]

@brain I brought the panel through your amazon link (UK) however mine has come different, it has no marking ls apart from the arrows and Pin Pout. My display just shows all leds fully lit, putting a hard time on my psu. Any other ideas on how to ID the board?

[@yusuf120581LED]

Amazing

[@BrianLough]

Thanks!

[@shinevisionsv]

Awesome! :D

[@BrianLough]

Thanks Shinevision!

[@shinevisionsv]

:D

[@robfantini3949]

Hi Brian, have you managed to increase brightness. I'm using esp32 and 64x32 waveshare boards . Some confusion regarding the ground or E pin. I've played with code and it doesn't make any difference if I use pin or not or ground it. I have demo and tetras workings, it's just dim . Any help would be appreciated. Great channe5 Rob UK

[@stevanusrasjid6666]

hello sir, that's a great project, i want to ask you something, how bout i change the EPS8266 to arduino uno? is that possible? thank you :)

[@bramSDASCL1759]

Still coming back to watch this,, and still no rgb panel yet 🤣

[@dhavalpatel1622]

Hi sir i am dhaval i work on this project but i have interface some problem. First 4 row on after 4 off than 4 on... When i upload program than this type pattern are drown

[@muralimuluka878]

i want to use 3 P6 (32x32)RGB led matrix panels with Node Mcu then how i have to establish the connections for P6 to P6. if i am connections directly (one output is input of next)through FRC cables the Screen is splitting in between those 3 modules.

[@BrianLough]

I've never tried, but the library suggests you can connect the output of the first panel into the input of the second, the output of the second into the input of the third and then connect the 5 wires from the input of the first to the output of the third . Check the readme of the pxmatrix library

[@muralimuluka878]

thank you sir, yes sir i did the same, what you have said before texting you, while connecting like the the entire screen was splitting, and 1st line printing 1st module(1st line,8 pixel) and second line on 2nd module like that.. please can you suggest me.

[@adityaprasad7632]

How to change the font?

[@thinkhelpservice]

so in the end what was the issue, I have my P3 matrix and bought and built Brian board for the ESP32 but im not getting any display

[@BrianLough]

What code are you running on it? My Discord is a much easier place to debug these kind of issues BLough.ie/discord Also Note: PxMatrix has recently changed one of the default pins it uses for its examples. P_OE previously used to be 2, but now has switched to 16. These boards were designed with P_OE connected to pin 2, so you will need to change P_OE back to 2 to use PxMatrix's examples.

[@thinkhelpservice]

@@BrianLough using your witnessmenow / WiFi-Tetris-Clock code

[@thinkhelpservice]

ill join your discord but I'm not very familiar with it, hope they are tolerant to noobs

[@abdelademboukoutaya2505]

does this lib support p8 panels with 1/4 scan rate ?

[@BrianLough]

I'm not sure, you can pass the scan rate in ok, but what they library does with it I'm not sure. Worth a try I guess!

[@abdelademboukoutaya2505]

thank you i will give it try

[@MPElectronique]

Hey Brian. Would you share the code for displaying jpeg on the display? Thanks. Marc :)

[@BrianLough]

Hey Marc, I added it as an example to the Spotify library, I will make a more general one soon github.com/witnessmenow/arduino-spotify-api/blob/master/examples/esp32/displayAlbumArt/albumArtMatrix/albumArtMatrix.ino It's heavily based on this example from the image decoding library github.com/Bodmer/TJpg_Decoder/tree/master/examples/Web_Jpg

[@MPElectronique]

@@BrianLough Thank you :)

[@apexd8921]

I just recently setup a 64x32 based on a Raspberry pi After a false start, I got the driver downloaded-installed and a demo running with a total of about 4 command lines. There's a $3 Hat with 3 - HUB-75 sockets, that may be good for 36 panels, and saving a lot of soldering, www.electrodragon.com/product/rgb-matrix-panel-drive-board-raspberry-pi/ The popular driver that Adafruit references: github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix A plus using a raspberry pi is the capability of sending video to the panels. There are 2.0 mm and 1.666 mm spacing 64x32 panels 5" wide or less, that could be used for a mega name tag with 4 line of text.

[@PsiQ]

i call fake news on that thumbnail ! It wasn't there in the stream! it only said "The End"* (or similar) 😄 now that i watched it on twitch you wont get your big youtube money 😑 * "thats it for Making Mondays"

[@BrianLough]

haha, am I not allowed take photos for thumbnails anymore :) I just thought it would make interesting photo :P

[@rajendrapalan9519]

Digital clock