Pico Scroll - 17x7 LED grid - IS31FL3731

7x17 White LEDs display for Pico, Individual LED luminosity control, 4 user butons .

Take a few moments to appreciate the elegance of this bright LED display. Don't underestimate it, despite its apparent simplicity, this display packs 119 white LEDs (7x17), more than usual RGB LED displays (therefore a better resolution for displaying messages). Accompanied with 4 user buttons, this board allows you to design a human/machine interface for your Pico-based project.

It is possible to control the brightness of each LED independently of the others, which will allow you to create graphics, scrolling messages, animations or visualize data.

Raspberry-Pi Pico not included - you can easily found them on the WebShop!

Technical details

• 17x7 matrix of white LEDs (119 total)
• Individual PWM brightness control of each LED
• IS31FL3731 LED matrix driver chip, I2C address: 0x74
• 4x tactile buttons
• Pre-soldered female headers for attaching to Pico
• Compatible with Raspberry Pi Pico.
• Fully assembled
• No soldering required (as long as your Pico has header pins attached).
• Dimensions: approx 65mm x 25mm x 10mm (L x W x H, including headers and buttons)
• Pinout
• Programmable with C/C++ and MicroPython

Getting started

The labels on the underside of Pico Scroll Pack will show you which way round to plug it into your Pico - just match up the USB port with the markings on the board.

The most straightforward way of getting started programming our Pico add-ons is by downloading and copying the Pimoroni custom MicroPython image to your Pico, it includes all the libraries you'll need!

You can find our C/C++ and MicroPython libraries and code examples here.

About Raspberry Pi Pico

Raspberry Pi Pico is a flexible, low cost microcontroller development board from the folks at Raspberry Pi, based on their very own chip - the RP2040. It's easily programmable over USB with C/C++ or MicroPython, and ideal for using in all sorts of physical computing projects, devices and inventions - we're so excited to see what you make with it!

We've called our Pico-sized add-ons packs, as they're designed to attach to the back of your Pico as if it were wearing a very stylish backpack (or a miniature jet pack, if you prefer). We've also got Pico bases (larger add-on boards with a space to mount your Pico on top) and some other boards that let you do interesting hackerly things like using multiple packs at once - click here to view them all!

Your Pico will need to have male headers soldered to it (with the pins pointing downwards) to attach to our add-on boards.