freetronics DMD Getting Started

Dot Matrix Display
www.freetronics.com/dmd

Getting Started with your Dot Matrix Display (DMD)

What can you do with 512 LED's in a large display panel? All kinds of fun and useful stuff!
The DMD is a huge dot matrix LED display panel to connect to your Freetronics Eleven, EtherTen and any Arduino compatible
board. This large, bright 512 LED matrix panel has on-board controller circuitry designed to make it easy to use straight from
your board's control pins.
Clocks, status displays, graphics readouts and all kinds of impressive display projects are ready to create with this display's
features.
● 32 columns x 16 rows of high brightness Red LEDs (512 LEDs in total) on a 10mm pitch
● 5V operation
● Viewable over 12 metres away
● Tough plastic frame
● Controller IC's on board, simple clocked data interface
● Arduino compatible library, graphics functions and examples on our site
● Dimensions: 320(W) x 160(H) x 14(D)mm (30mm(D) including rear connectors)
The DMD is provided with a support library created by us for displaying text in different fonts, drawing graphics, lines, circles,
rectangles and more when connected to any Arduino compatible board.
Please go to www.freetronics.com/dmd
Freetronics boards which can be used to control the DMD are the Eleven, EtherTen, EtherMega and USBDroid.
You can find more information on these boards at

What's in the box

Included in your DMD package is:
● The 512 LED Dot Matrix Display (DMD)
● A 16 pin (2x8) IDC ribbon cable for DMD connection
● A "DMDCON" Connector PCB to directly connect your DMD straight into an Arduino compatible board,
no extra soldering or wires required.
● An optional 5V power cable to use if jumpering power to DMD's stacked on top of each other
for further guides and downloads.
www.freetronics.com