I am a new PIC programmer and have a question about a project I am about
to start.  The project is a LED banner comprised of 8 5x7 LED arrays (40
x 7 x-y array total) controlled via a PIC.  Initially, I just plan on
displaying fixed character patterns, but eventually would like to add
special effects such as horizontal and vertical scrolling.  What is the
best architecture to use to control the LED array ?  What is the best
way to expand the PIC IO to handle this function ?  My initial plan was
to use shift registers and a pixel map in PIC memory, but this will
involve many of components.  Individual registers for each pixel seems
like overkill.  Any insight would be appreciated .

Dale



Dale Sponseller V73AU (WX8W)
Roi-Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll
Republic of the Marshall Islands

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