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Pimoroni 5x5 RGB Matrix Breakout

SKU: PIM435 Brand: Pimoroni

This super-cute 5x5 RGB LED matrix breakout is a neat way to visualize sensor data or for simple animations or notifications, and it's Raspberry Pi and Arduino-compatible.

$22.55 AUD, inc GST

$20.50 AUD, exc GST

In stock, ships same business day if ordered before 2PM
Delivered by Tue, 26th of Nov

Quantity Discounts:

10-25 $19.88 (exc GST)
25+ $19.47 (exc GST)

This super-cute 5x5 RGB LED matrix breakout is a neat way to visualize sensor data or for simple animations or notifications, and it's Raspberry Pi and Arduino-compatible.

These little matrices are ideal for visualizing data from other Pimoroni breakouts in a Breakout Garden HAT, like graphing environmental data from Pimoroni's BMP280 or BME680 breakouts. Or why not use two together as headlights or brake lights for your Pi-powered vehicle?

Like other breakouts, this one just pops straight onto your Pi's pins once you've soldered on the included right-angle female header, and included is a trace that can be cut to change the I2C address from 0x74 to 0x77, if you want to use two matrices at once!

It's compatible with Pimoroni's fancy Breakout Garden HAT, where using breakouts is as easy just popping it into one of the six slots and starting to grow your project, create, and code.

Features

5x5 (25 total) RGB LEDs
Uses the IS31FL3731 driver chip
15x15mm active area
3.5mm LED pitch
I2C interface (address 0x74/0x77 (cut trace))
3.3V or 5V compatible
Reverse polarity protection
Compatible with all models of Raspberry Pi, and Arduino
Python library
Dimensions: 19x29x3.5mm

Kit includes

5x5 RGB Matrix Breakout
1x5 male header
1x5 female right-angle header

Pimoroni has designed this breakout board so that you can solder on the piece of a right-angle female header and pop it straight onto the bottom left 5 pins on your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9).

Software

Pimoroni has put together a Python library to make it really easy to drive the 5x5 RGB Matrix Breakout, along with a handful of examples to show what it can do.

Pimoroni's software does not support Raspbian Wheezy.

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