Monthly Archives: May 2009

64 Pixels Roundup @ interactive-matter.org

Posted on May 22, 2009 by robert

It seems I’m by far not the only one fascinated by LED matrices. Interactive-matter have put together an overview of 64-pixel projects. Go and have a look :-)

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Displaying images on 8×8 RGB LED displays

Posted on May 20, 2009 by robert

Just a short proof of principle thing, badly coded and terribly slow, but it works :-) Images must be converted to the RAW PPM format using e.g. GIMP. If you think of using ImageMagick and convert: doesn’t work properly ! … Continue reading →

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Getting auto reset to work with FTDI cables on Linux (MAC)

Posted on May 2, 2009 by robert

Update: please use avrdude 5.11 or later with “-c arduino” and your problems are gone! Before you start, make sure you have the perl module Device::SerialPort installed ! On Debian based systems, you can easily do that by typing: sudo … Continue reading →

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