Adafruit 16x8 LED Matrix Driver Backpack - HT16K33 Breakout Shipping:2-4 Weeks Like all Devantech rangefinders

Like all Devantech rangefinders

Note: As of May 2023

it sips power with just 4mA current draw at 5V so it\'s great for mobile applications

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Adafruit 16x8 LED Matrix Driver Backpack - HT16K33 Breakout Shipping:2-4 Weeks Like all Devantech rangefindersThis is the magic sauce in our 7 segment and matrix backpacks, now available in breadboard friendly breakout board format. The HT16K33 is a neat little chip that has the ability to drive a multiplexed 16x8 matrix (that's 128 individual LEDs). The communication protocol is I2C so it uses only 2 pins, and you can have up to 8 selectable I2C addresses so that's a total of 8 matrices, each one controlling 16x8 LEDs for 1024 total LEDs. Unlike our LED