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38mm 8x8 Square Matrix LED - Red Common Anode (Grove)

38mm 8x8 Square Matrix LED - Red Common Anode (Grove) — Seeed Studio — 4051

38 mm red common-anode 8x8 LED matrix designed to plug into the Grove LED Matrix Driver. Low-cost bare matrix for numeric and icon display.

Pinout

Logical pinout · physical placement not verified
38MM 8X8 SQUARE MATRIXVCCSDAGNDSCL
  • VCC
    Type · Power
  • GND
    Type · Ground
  • SDA
    Type · I2C
  • SCL
    Type · I2C

Start wiring

I2C · SPI · Single data line · 5 V · 3.3 – 5 V · Bare

Confirm the data interface matches your host board.

Module pins: VCC, GND, SDA, SCL. Schematik maps them to your board in the app.

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