June Update

Aurora Display

The Bay Area Maker Faire was a great event, and we talked to lots of people who were interested in the Aurora Display. These were some of the most requested features by people visiting our booth:

• A board that doesn’t require soldering
• Software to configure the display that doesn’t require programming
• Onboard memory to display pictures and animations without being tied to a computer

We are working on the next version of the Aurora Display with these features in mind

SmartMatrix Shield

New Distributor: SmartMatrix Shield is now available for purchase from Adafruit

Adafruit was our top choice for distributor as they sell everything you need to put together a complete project with the SmartMatrix Shield: The Teensy 3.1, power supply, 32x32 and 16x32 RGB LED Matrix displays, and plenty of breakout boards for sensors and radios to add to your project

Arduino Library

One of the most requested features for the SmartMatrix Library is to support chaining two or more display panels from one Shield, to make a larger display. With help from one of our beta testers (Thanks @ncortot!), the next release of the Library will be able to support chaining up to a maximum size of 32x128 pixels. Look for that release announcement in the next few weeks via the Pixelmatix Blog, Twitter, or Facebook.