Introduction
City night is always beautiful. She is just like a charming girl, showing her beauty every time. The colorful light is jewelry, dotted on her dress. This is a 32x16 RGB LED Matrix Panel, it has 512 full-color RGB LEDs in all. Each LED can be independently addressed and controlled. It requires at least 13 digital GPIOs to control the LED matrix. The led matrix has 2 IDC connectors (DATA_IN, DATA_OUT) on the back, you can cascade multiple panels and make a huge screen together. BUT Arduino doesn’t support this function, its speed is not enough to multiple panel. What's more, it is a high brightness, long life, no pollution, pure color LED display module. It can be used both indoor and outdoor, safety and stability, the module can not be mutually extrusion deformation, also can be used normally in harsh environment.
Note: This panel needs a 5V@2A power supply. And if you connect 4 or more screen, it needs a high performance controller, such as Mega 2560, Raspberry, etc.
Specification
- Operating voltage: DC 5V
- Average power consumption: <500W/㎡
- Maxim Power Consumption: <1000w/㎡
- Pixel: 32x16=512
- Level of viewing Angle: ≧160°
- Control mode: Synchronous control
- Drive mode: 1/8 scan rate
- Repetition frequency: ≧60Hz
- White Balance Brightness: ≧1200cd/㎡
- Refresh frequency : ≧300Hz
- MTTF: ≧5000 hours
- Service Life: 75000~100000 hours
- Pixel pitch: 6mm
- Dimension: 192mm*96mm/7.56*3.78 inches
- Thickness: 11mm
Board Overview
Note: The pin order of DATA-IN and ADTA-OUT is same,POWER SUPPLY 5V.

Label | Name | Function |
---|---|---|
1 | DR1 | High R data |
2 | DG1 | High G data |
3 | DB1 | High B data |
4 | GND | GND |
5 | DR2 | Low R data |
6 | DG2 | Low G data |
7 | DB2 | Low B data |
8 | GND | GND |
9 | A | A line selection |
10 | B | B line selection |
11 | C | C line selection |
12 | D | D line selection |
13 | CLK | CLOCK |
14 | LAT | LATCH |
15 | OE | Output Enable |
16 | GND | GND |
DATA-IN and DATA-OUT
Label | Name | Function |
---|---|---|
1 | VCC | 5V |
2 | VCC | 5V |
3 | GND | GND |
4 | GND | GND |
POWER
Tutorial
According to the pinout to connect, then upload the code to UNO, you will be able to see a beautiful display effect.
Requirements
Hardware
- DFRduino UNO R3 x1
- DFR0471 x1
- DuPont cables
Software
- Arduino IDE Click to Download Arduino IDE from Arduino®
Connection Diagram

Note: It needs an external power supply, the USB is only 5V@500mA, not enough power.
16P Interface Diagram

Sample Code 1
Click to download the library Adafruit-GFX. RGB-matrix-Panel.Adafruit_BusIO. How to install the library?
Smaple Code 2
Expected Results
- Smaple Code 1: The LED module will take turns display: a white point, full screen green, full screen yellow, a yellow rectangle, a yellow rectangle, a red X and a blue circle,
- Sample Code 2: Display: "Welcome to DFrobot 32x16 RGB LED Matrix"
FAQ
For any questions, advice or cool ideas to share, please visit the DFRobot Forum.