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5 Pins, 32 LEDs, 2 LED Drivers [TLC5940]

An arduiNOOB friendly tutorial for beginners on daisy-chaining.

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5 Pins, 32 LEDs, 2 LED Drivers [TLC5940]

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3
Arduino Nano R3
×1
Texas Instruments TLC5940NT LED Driver
×2
Solderless Breadboard Full Size
Solderless Breadboard Full Size
×1
LED (generic)
LED (generic)
Depends on your preference.
×1
Resistor 10k ohm
Resistor 10k ohm
Pull-Up Resistors for the BLANK Pins.
×2
Resistor 221k ohm
Resistor 221k ohm
2k Resistors for the IREF Pins.
×2
Jumper wires (generic)
Jumper wires (generic)
A lot.
×1

Software apps and online services

Arduino IDE
Arduino IDE

Story

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Schematics

Daisy-chained. Schematic.

Code

TLC5940 Library by Mr. Paul Stoffregen

I used the Basic Animation Example Code

Credits

HeathenHacks
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