View source for Component: LED Matrix (Serial) (LEDs)

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| Matrix Ltd
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| width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Version
| 1.1
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| width="20%" style="color:gray;" | Category
| LEDs
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==LED Matrix (Serial) component==
LED Matrix component designed to work using a single data and clock pin. Each LED on the display can be controlled in a chain by setting the data appropriatley  and then generating the appropriate amount of clock pulses.

==Component Source Code==

Please click here to download the component source project: [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/wiki/componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_LED_Matrix.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_LED_Matrix.fcfx]

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): [https://www.flowcode.co.uk/FlowchartView/?wfile=componentsource/FC_Comp_Source_LED_Matrix.fcfx FC_Comp_Source_LED_Matrix.fcfx]

==Detailed description==











''No detailed description exists yet for this component''

==Examples==











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==Macro reference==

===ClearLEDs===
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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''ClearLEDs'''
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| colspan="2" | Sets all of the LEDs in the matrix to the off state.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===DisplayString===
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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''DisplayString'''
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| colspan="2" | Prints an ASCII string onto the LED Matrix a column at a time.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" | Data
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| colspan="2" | Data string to display on the LEDs&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" | Animation_Delay
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| colspan="2" | Delay in milliseconds between writing to the next column&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | Leadout
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| colspan="2" | Allows the text to scroll completely off the display before returning 0=No, 1=Yes&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | Add_Spaces
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| colspan="2" | Add spaces between each ASCII character 0=No, 1=Yes&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===StrobeHigh===
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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''StrobeHigh'''
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| colspan="2" | Sets the strobe pin high. Strobing controls the LED brightness and does not apply to simulation.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===StrobeLow===
{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''StrobeLow'''
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| colspan="2" | Sets the strobe pin low. Strobing controls the LED brightness and does not apply to simulation.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


===WriteColumn===
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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''WriteColumn'''
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| colspan="2" | Allows a single column of data to be inserted, Acts to shift the rest of the columns across by one.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" | Data
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| colspan="2" | Data to display on the column of LEDs&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u8-icon.png]] - BYTE
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}


==Property reference==

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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''Properties''' 
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | LED Type
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| colspan="2" | Active high outputs a logic 1 to set the LED and logic 0 to clear the LED. Active low outputs a logic 0 to set the LED and logic 1 to clear the LED&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-14-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Row Count
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| colspan="2" | Number of LED rows&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-14-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Column Count
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| colspan="2" | Number of LED columns&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-14-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | LED Count
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| colspan="2" | Total number of LEDs in the component&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Flip Display
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| colspan="2" | Allows the column and text data sent to the display to be flipped&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-propfolder" | Connections
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-5-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Data In
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| colspan="2" | Data In pin which is used to pass the input LED value&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-5-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Data Out
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| colspan="2" | Data Out Pin - Optional and used to collect the data as it leaves the last buffer&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-5-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Clock
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| colspan="2" | Clock pin used to clock the external buffer IC's&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-5-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Strobe
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| colspan="2" | Strobe pin used to control the master display state, strobed at high speed using PWM to set the brightness. &nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-5-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Reset
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| colspan="2" | Reset pin used to clear all of the states in the external buffer IC's&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-propfolder" | Colours
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-1-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | On Color
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| colspan="2" | Simulated colour of the LEDs when switched On&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-1-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Off Color
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| colspan="2" | Simulated colour of the LEDs when switched Off&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-propfolder" | Simulation
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-15-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Row Spacing
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| colspan="2" | Simulation row spacing&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-15-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Column Spacing
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| colspan="2" | Simulation column spacing&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-15-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Width
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| colspan="2" | Simulation LED width&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-15-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Height
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| colspan="2" | Simulated LED height&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-15-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Depth
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| colspan="2" | Simulated LED Depth (3D environments only)&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | LED Shape
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| colspan="2" | Simulated LED basic shape &nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Redraw LEDs
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| colspan="2" | Simulated LED redraw option, display will not be updated until the redraw is set to Yes. Automatically revers back to No after the refresh has been performed.&nbsp;
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