This super-cute 5x5 RGB LED matrix breakout is a neat way to visualise sensor data or for simple animations or notifications, and it's Raspberry Pi and Arduino-compatible.
These little matrices are ideal for visualising data from other Pimoroni breakouts in a , like graphing environmental data from our or breakouts. Or why not use two together as headlights or brake lights for your Pi-powered vehicle?
Like , this one just pops straight onto your Pi's pins once you've soldered on the included right-angle female header, and we included a trace that can be cut to change the I2C address from 0x74 to 0x77, if you want to use two matrices at once!
It's compatible with our fancy , where using breakouts is as easy just popping it into one of the six slots and starting to grow your project, create, and code.
Features
- 5x5 (25 total) RGB LEDs
- Uses the
- 15x15mm active area
- 3.5mm LED pitch
- I2C interface (address 0x74/0x77 (cut trace))
- 3.3V or 5V compatible
- Reverse polarity protection
- Compatible with Arduino
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi ()
- Compatible with Raspberry Pi Pico ()
Kit includes
- 5x5 RGB Matrix Breakout
- 1x5 male header
- 1x5 female right-angle header
We've designed this breakout board so that you can solder on the piece of right-angle female header and pop it straight onto the bottom left 5 pins on your Raspberry Pi's GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9).
Software
We've put together a to make it really easy to drive the 5x5 RGB Matrix Breakout, along with a handful of to show what it can do.
You can also use this breakout with Raspberry Pi Pico and other RP2040 boards, using .
Notes
Dimensions: 19x29x3.5mm.
