Chaining RGB matrices with M4

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Chaining RGB matrices with M4

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Hi. I was looking at trying to chain together those RGB matrices.
I'm hoping to chain together 2 or maybe even 3 of those 32 by 64 LED matrix units. I initially looked at Arduino but I believe they do not have enough power of possibly not enough RAM.

Would the Metro M4 be a suitable choice to achieve my aim of displaying constantly updating data?

I am happy using the Arduino IDE and see that the Metro M4 is compatible with the Arduino IDE. Does this mean that I would program the Metro M4 in the same way using the Arduino sketch program?


thank you for your time
Kevin

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Re: Chaining RGB matrices with M4

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Kevin,

Any reason you would not use a MatrixPortal M4 to chain multiple matrices? This guide has some specific configurations and the controller is designed specifically for this purpose.

https://learn.adafruit.com/rgb-led-matr ... ple-panels

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Re: Chaining RGB matrices with M4

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Brilliant. Thank you. I will check that out

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