When lined up properly over the face of the LED matrix, the stencils have quite an effect. We really liked the narrow vertical bars, which make the LED display look a bit like a VFD.

LED-based signage and matrix displays are bringing new dimensions of versatility and eye-pleasing visual effects to a growing number of outdoor and indoor applications. Recent advances in LED ...

Part 1 of this three-part series introduced the technical and engineering steps necessary to design an LED display system from individual LED lamps. Part 2 provided the remaining steps needed to ...

If you need to leave someone a message, you could either entrust it to a Post-It note or you could go the slightly more obvious route and use a 12-foot long LED matrix. That's what kitesurfer did ...

[Stan] built this LED matrix using a 16×16 grid of RGB LEDs. He built the hardware and wrote some subroutines to randomize the colors. He’s not using PWM because frame buffering is not f… ...

There are plenty of LED-based displays out there like this one, but the problem is that many of them are proprietary, may not support your own self-hosted solutions, or may even come with a remote ...

We’ve seen some great costumes in preparation for All Hallows’ Eve on Sunday, but how about some wired-up pumpkins? Here’s one with an LED display embedded into everyone's favorite orange ...