Part 1 of this three-part series introduced the technical and engineering steps necessary to design an LED display system from individual LED lamps. Part 2 provided the remaining steps needed to ...

Even if surface-mount skills aren’t in your repertoire, chances are pretty good that most of us are at least familiar with SMD stencils. These paper-thin laser-cut steel sheets are a handy way to ...

In the world of smart homes, there are plenty of fantastic devices out there that can integrate well with Home Assistant and your other tools, and while dedicated sensors are great for their ...

When it comes to LED matrixes, building one is just the first step. Then you have to decide what to display on it. [panjanek] came up with a relatively flexible answer to this question, building an ...

The algorithm in this microcontroller design this design drives an LED matrix and provides digital-voltage-readout and bar-like dot displays, showing dots for a graphical output if the input value is ...

We’ve seen some great Halloween-related hacks for costumes, including the gaping hole one over at Make, but we at GeekTech are fond of wiring up our pumpkins as well (we even made a Pumpkin PC). Mike ...

LED-based signage and matrix displays are bringing new dimensions of versatility and eye-pleasing visual effects to a growing number of outdoor and indoor applications. Recent advances in LED ...