{"product_id":"smartmatrix-smartled-shield-for-teensy-4-discontinued","title":"SmartMatrix SmartLED Shield for Teensy 4 [Discontinued]","description":"\u003cp\u003eSo you have a fresh and fancy Teensy 4 and an RGB LED Matrix Panel and you want an easy way to add graphics to your matrix without having to toss aside your Teensy or do too much soldering. Enter the \u003cstrong\u003eSmartMatrix SmartLED Shield for Teensy 4!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SmartLED Shield gives you an easy way to connect up a Teensy 4 or a Teensy 4.1 to one of our RGB LED Matrix Panels. The example sketches included with the SmartMatrix Library will get you started quickly displaying graphics, patterns, or even animated GIFs from a microSD card on your panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe SmartMatrix library for Arduino makes it easy to draw basic graphics, create scrolling and static text, draw beautiful patterns using FastLED, and play animated GIFs on the panel. Example code is provided so you can get started as quickly as possible. The Shield and library use special features and peripherals of the Teensy 4 processor to send graphics data to your display with minimal CPU usage, so you can use the processor to do other tasks in parallel such as SPI communication, file decoding, or complex rendering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing SmartLED Shield with SmartMatrix library and the Teensy 4 is the easiest way to drive high-quality and high pixel count graphics to RGB LED panels with a microcontroller. Use a simple API to tell the library what to draw on the screen, and the library takes care of refreshing in the background. Advanced features like these are enabled automatically:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e36-bit Color Refresh - See the full-color range in the image or pattern you're displaying, with no noticeable brightness steps when dimming pixels down to black. Up to 48-bit color refresh is available.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColor (Gamma) Correction - Your source graphics are probably 24-bit color, but SmartMatrix library applies automatic color correction so they have good contrast, smooth gradients, and don't look washed out.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal Brightness Control - When you don't need the full brightness of the LED panel, lower the brightness without having to sacrifice color depth of your graphics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shield is easy to assemble and connect to a panel, and there’s no soldering required beyond adding pins to the Teensy. The Teensy is removable, so you can swap between the 4.0 and 4.1 if you want. All long edge Teensy signals are brought out to expansion rows for easy prototyping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEase-of-use\u003c\/strong\u003e:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmartLED Shield is fully assembled. If your Teensy has pins, then no soldering is required.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeensy can easily be inserted into and removed from the shield.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmartMatrix library for Arduino provides an easy development platform, along with others such as FastLED.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExample code is included for a quick start.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlexibility\u003c\/strong\u003e:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrives displays with up 9k pixels (e.g. 96 x 96) with high-quality settings, and even larger displays with reduced quality settings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSignals on the long edges of the Teensy are brought out to expansion rows for easy prototyping.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 4-pin JST-SM connector may be used to provide power to the Teensy separate from the USB connector.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptionally drive DotStar\/APA102-compatible LEDs using the onboard 5 volt buffers and 4-pin JST-SM connector. Mating JST-SM cable is included.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePanels can be daisy-chained to make large, bright, high-resolution displays.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrives all 14 signals on HUB75 panels using 5V buffered outputs, using only 9 GPIO pins on the Teensy 4.0 or 4.1.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuality\u003c\/strong\u003e:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides up to a 240 Hz refresh rate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUp to 48-bit color refresh is available.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColor (gamma) correction, and global brightness control features allow for a high level of visual quality control.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"tab-technical-details-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSupport + Resources\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\nSmartMatrix library 4 GitHub (find hardware in extras\/hardware)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmartLED Shield for Teensy 4 Documentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\nSmartMatrix Community is a great place to see what folks are doing with the SmartLED Shield and SmartMatrix library, ask questions, get help with your project, or share content like animated GIFs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeel free to post any questions you have in the SmartMatrix Community, ask a question through the campaign page, or email: hello@pixelmatix.com\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul id=\"product-files\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeensy Pinout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Adafruit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53957885427896,"sku":"umw1787258111870","price":17.87,"currency_code":"BOB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0885\/2691\/3720\/files\/smartmatrix-smartled-shield-for-teensy-4-discontinued_1.jpg?v=1787258120","url":"https:\/\/luxestepboutique.shop\/products\/smartmatrix-smartled-shield-for-teensy-4-discontinued","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}