DESCRIPTION
An unashamedly old school LED matrix display board, use up to six LED matrices every 5×7 pixels (for an effective display area of 30×7) plus a decimal point, using the beautiful little Lite-On LTP-305 matrices.
Use between 1 and 6 matrices in your choice of green and/or red. Perfect for building a retro scrolling message display, a tiny 30-band spectrum analyser, or a retro clock.
Micro Dot pHAT also works well with Pimoroni’s other pHATs and HATs. You could use it in combination with pHAT DAC to display the audio spectrum, or with Enviro pHAT to display its temperature, pressure and light readings.
The MagPi said that Micro Dot pHAT was “certainly a cut above the standard seven-segment alternative” in their four-star review.
Please Note:
- This version does not include the LEDs
- The female header and display require soldering
FEATURES
- 3x IS31FL3730 LED matrix driver chips
- Drives up to 6x LTP-305 green and/or red LED matrices
- Up to 30×7 pixels (5×7 per matrix plus a decimal point)
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi 3, 2, B+, A+, Zero, and Zero W
RESOURCES
- Python library
- Micro Dot pHAT pinout