Dear Technical Engineers
We would like to buy your product "Adafruit NeoPixel NeoMatrix 8x8 - 64 RGB LED Pixel Matrix", could you please let me know, except for LED light panel, which driver need to order as well to support for lighting up; I also noted that there is microcontroller as well, is it necessary to buy if only need lighting up;
It shall be very appreciated that you could offer me directly the product ID of driver to order !
Thank you in advance!
Florence
Driver to match for Adafruit NeoPixel NeoMatrix 8x8 - 64 RGB
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Re: Driver to match for Adafruit NeoPixel NeoMatrix 8x8 - 64
You do need some kind of microcontroller to make the NeoPixel matrix work. The microcontroller does the job that you're referring to as a 'driver'.
NeoPixels don't do anything by themselves though. They only light up or change colors when a microcontroller tells them to.
For the 8x8 NeoPixel matrix, any microcontroller will work, all the way down to the Gemma and Trinket. The major issue in choosing a microcontroller is how much you want the matrix to do. For more complicated behavior like pattern animation, you'll probably need a microcontroller with more memory.
NeoPixels don't do anything by themselves though. They only light up or change colors when a microcontroller tells them to.
For the 8x8 NeoPixel matrix, any microcontroller will work, all the way down to the Gemma and Trinket. The major issue in choosing a microcontroller is how much you want the matrix to do. For more complicated behavior like pattern animation, you'll probably need a microcontroller with more memory.
Please be positive and constructive with your questions and comments.