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Gorgeous programmable LED matrix displays with wireless connectivity and oodles of fancy extras! ??
Our space Unicorns are very beautiful, all-in-one, RP2040 powered LED matrices perfect for conveying information fabulously (or for sprucing up your desktop, makingspace or imaginarium). There's a ton of features aboard, here are some of our favourites!
Loads* of RGB LEDs, all with individual colour and brightness control. Pimoroni are in mad love with these big bright squircular LEDs with their rounded apertures and built in diffusion.
Looks great on video - invoking RP2040 magic means we can update the LEDs really quickly (we measured around 300 fps at 14-bit precision). This means there's no nasty strobing, artifacting or brightness stepping when it's filmed, so it's perfect for adding to the background of your streaming setup.
2.4GHz wireless connectivity (courtesy of the Raspberry Pi Pico W) so you can use it to display all sorts of interesting data from the internet.
There's also an onboard amp and little speaker for bleepy alerts and *futuristic noises* and a battery connector so you can power it without it having to be tethered to a USB port. Every Unicorn comes with a pair of sleek little metal legs so it can stand up on its own (and has a selection of mounting holes if you'd prefer to do something else).
Use it to make a very fancy clock, a very fancy weather display or a very fancy output for sensors (other very fancy use cases are available).
Which Unicorn to choose?
All varieties of Unicorn have the same great core features: buttons, a speaker, a battery connector and an onboard Pico W. However, there's now three different shapes and sizes, with varying amounts of LEDs. Here's a little comparison chart to make sure you get just the right amount (like mecha-Goldilocks ??).
Unicorn | *How many LEDs | Arranged in a... | Size of board (L x W x D) |
Stellar | 256 | 16 x 16 square grid | 108 x 108 x 10.2 mm |
Galactic | 583 | 53 x 11 wide grid | 330 x 78 x 10.2 mm |
Cosmic | 1024 | 32 x 32 square grid | 204 x 204 x 10.2 mm |
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