C Code to scroll text on 8x8 matrix for Pi

[mwilliams03]

Hi
I needed an 8x8 matrix to scroll text for a new project I'm working on.
I found it hard to find any C code to do this, so I wrote my own and posted it on my blog hoping others will find it useful.

I used this matrix;
https://www.adafruit.com/products/959

When starting the program, you will need to specify the i2c bus, address of the matrix and the text to scroll.
Eg:
pi@raspberrypi ~ $sudo ./matrix 1 112 “this is the text to scroll”


Full instructions and code here;
http://marks-space.com/2013/01/16/raspb ... x-using-c/

[Twi7ch]

Awesome! I just picked up the mini 8x8 LED matrix and finished soldering and testing it.

Thanks for sharing your C code. I'll probably rewrite it for Python