How to wire small 1.2 8x8 led matrix to 16x8 matrix driver b

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How to wire small 1.2 8x8 led matrix to 16x8 matrix driver b

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Hello

I purchased the following items:

Adafruit 16x8 LED Matrix Driver Backpack - HT16K33 Breakout - ID: 1427

Small 1.2" 8x8 Ultra Bright Red LED Matrix - BL-M12A881UR-11 ID: 455 X 2

I wanted to know how to wire the LED matrix to the 16x8 backpack. I am not sure which pins on the LED Matrix go to which pins on the backpack. The backpack is labeled with A0-A15 and C0-C7 but the LED Matrix itself does not have any labeling on it so I have no idea which pin is what.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank!

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Re: How to wire small 1.2 8x8 led matrix to 16x8 matrix driv

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The datasheet shows the pinout and organization of the matrix:
http://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/BL-M12A881.PDF

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Re: How to wire small 1.2 8x8 led matrix to 16x8 matrix driv

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Hello and thank you for the datasheet. That was helpful but I still do not know which pin is which on the physical component (LED Matrix) Obviously once I know that it should be easy to wire it to the backpack. Is there another diagram that shows this?

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Re: How to wire small 1.2 8x8 led matrix to 16x8 matrix driv

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If you look at the side of the matrix with the part number printed on it, pin 1 will be on the left.

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