Arduino-LED vs MD_MAX72XX

Arduino-LED

Control addressable LED with Arduino (by whyboris)

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MD_MAX72XX

LED Matrix Library (by MajicDesigns)

Arduino arduino-library LED led-matrix max7219 max7221 Scrolling library-management Matrix led-matrix-library Library

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Arduino-LED		MD_MAX72XX
	Project
1	Mentions	2
1	Stars	295
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	4.4
almost 3 years ago	Latest Commit	5 months ago
C++	Language	C++
MIT License	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

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Arduino-LED

Posts with mentions or reviews of Arduino-LED. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-22.

2,400 LED Icosahedron
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Sep 2021

A nice "gateway drug" is an addressable (programmable) LED strip. Hook it up to a Raspberry Pi or Arduino and have at it! I bought cheap motion sensors and will be installing a strip along the inside of a staircase to light up when I approach it.
https://github.com/whyboris/Arduino-LED (see "stairs.ino")
Another project of mine is having the LEDs light up as I play piano:
https://github.com/whyboris/Digital-Piano-LED
Unsure where I'll go after I finish these projects, but LEDs are so much fun!

MD_MAX72XX

Posts with mentions or reviews of MD_MAX72XX. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-10.

I need help with the MD_MAX72xx Module
2 projects | /r/arduino | 10 Apr 2021

// MD_MAX72XX library can be found at https://github.com/MajicDesigns/MD_MAX72XX
8266 w/ MAX7212 Bitcoin Ticker Help
4 projects | /r/esp8266 | 21 Feb 2021

Google isn't returning anything useful for "7912 display"... did you mean MAX7219? That repo you linked should be able to drive it, as it's using https://github.com/MajicDesigns/MD_MAX72XX

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Arduino-LED and MD_MAX72XX you can also consider the following projects:

LEDMatrixDriver - A replacement for Arduino's LedControl library

Control-Surface - Arduino library for creating MIDI controllers and other MIDI devices.

esp32-cnc

Arduino-DS3231 - DS3231 Real-Time-Clock

btc-ticker-esp8266 - realtime bitcoin price on 7 segment display with arduino on esp8266

TM1637TinyDisplay - Arduino library to display numbers and text on a 4 and 6 digit 7-segment TM1637 display modules.

ESP8266_ArtNetNode_v2 - ESP8266 based WiFi ArtNet to DMX, RDM and LED Pixels

WS2812FX - WS2812 FX Library for Arduino and ESP8266

Arduino-Libs - Arduino Libs & Examples: ADS1147, ADS7846, DAC8760, DS1307, RV8523, MCP2515, WS2812, S65-Display, MI0283QT-2/-9/-11, HX8347D, ILI9341, SSD1331

Digital-Piano-LED - Light up an LED strip with your digital piano and a Raspberry Pi

MatrixGL - A Microcontroller Graphics Library For LED Dot Matrix Displays

WLED - Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi!