RGB Matrix Bundle

This bundle provides everything needed to get up and running with driving RGB Matrix Panels using a Papilio FPGA.

These RGB Panels are a blast to play with and are perfectly suited to use with the Papilio FPGA boards. We have created a special VHDL/DesignLab driver for these displays and have ported the popular SmartMatrix Library to work with the ZPUino Soft Processor. 

There is even a RGB LED Panel Wing that makes connecting these panels to your Papilio FPGA a snap!

Specifications

• 1024 RGB LEDs
• 1/16 Scan Rate
• Dimensions: 190.5mm x 190.5mm x 14mm / 7.5" x 7.5" x 0.55"
• 5V regulated power input, Uses 2A max when all LEDs are on. (We find that the 5V from the Papilio board is usually fine to power these displays.) 
• 6mm pitch

Supported Papilio Boards

• Papilio DUO - Arduino Compatible FPGA Development Board
• Papilio Pro - Spartan 6 FPGA Dev Board with SDRAM

Bundle Includes

• 1x 32x32 RGB LED Panel
• 1x 0.15" Pitch 4-pin Power Cable w/ Spade Connectors
• 1x 16-pin (2x8) Ribbon Cables
• 1x Papilio Pro, or Papilio DUO 512K, or Papilio DUO 2MB
• RGB LED Wing

Bundle Options (To play 1-Pixel Pacman)

• Joystick Wing
• Atari 2600 Joystick

DesignLab Contrains ready to go examples sketches for:

Animated GIFs

Source Code (Also included in DesignLab)

1-Pixel PacMan

Source Code (Also included in DesignLab)

Displaying Bitmaps (BMP files)

And a demo of all features of the SmartMatrix Library

Quick Start Video (DesignLab)

Source Code

• VHDL Driver Project Directory
• VHDL RGB Panel Driver Code
• SmartMatrix C++ Code (Ported to ZPUino on Papilio)
• Examples Directory