Scroll HAT Mini's 119 LEDs are plenty for scrolling text, and the individual PWM brightness control over each pixel opens up a whole heap of potential for swish animations. The buttons could be used to toggle through modes or menus, for playback control, or even to control simple games. The pre-soldered header means there's no pesky soldering!
Use Scroll HAT Mini as a scrolling message display for your tweets, the weather or the news. There's even enough pixels for simple games like Tetris, Pong, or snake, using the buttons for controls.
Features
- 17x7 matrix of bright white LEDs (119 total)
- Individual PWM brightness control of each LED
- IS31FL3731 LED matrix driver chip (I2C addr. 0x74)
- Four tactile buttons
- Mini HAT-format board
- Fully-assembled (no soldering required)
- Compatible with all 40-pin header Raspberry Pi models
- Python library
- Dimensions: 65x30x10mm
Software
As always, we've got a handy Python library for controlling your Scroll HAT Mini. It's shared with Scroll HAT Mini's predecessor Scroll pHAT HD, but we've added a few examples of how to use the buttons on the newer board.