SparkFun LED Array (8x7) Hookup Guide

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Contributors: Shawn Hymel
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Hardware Setup

The LED Array can be connected many ways so long as you have 8 pins available on your Arduino. For this example, we are going to use a RedBoard and pins 2-9. Solder 8 male header pins facing away from the LEDs:

Male header pins on the LED Array

Attach the LED Array to a breadboard and connect pins 2-9 on the RedBoard to pins A-H, respectively:

LED Array Fritzing diagram

Note that you can also solder right-angle headers to the LED Array and RedStick or Pro Mini (again, pins A-H attached to pins 2-9) to achieve a seamless look:

LED Array on the RedStick