Adafruit 8x8-Matrix with NodeJS

  

Control your Adafruit 8x8 Matrix with NodeJS. Your nodejs script have to run as root.

Setup

``
$ npm i 8x8matrix
`

`js
const Matrix = require('8x8matrix');

let matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.writeArray(matrix.smily);
`

Options

`js
let matrix = new Matrix({
brightness: 15,
slaveAddress: 0x70,
bautrate: 10000
});
`

API

Pixels can be written by a simple js-array with 64 objects.

`js
var smily = [
0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,
0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,
1,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,
1,0,1,0,1,0,0,1,
1,0,0,0,0,1,0,1,
1,0,1,1,1,0,0,1,
0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,
0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0
];

matrix.writeArray(smily);

/**
* Set brightness of all LED
* Values: 1 (very low) to 15 (very bright)
*/

matrix.setBrightness(8);

/**
* Set first top-left LED to on
* matrix.setLED(x, y, true/false);
*/

matrix.setLED(0, 0, 1);
`

Test

`
$ sudo node test.js
``