Here is the project that I made on 34 pieces but here just for a sample I am driving it on 4 pieces of 8*8.

I
use 34 pieces of 7*5 sizes at that time. But basic idea behind it is same that is multiplexing.

For 34 pieces multiplexing IC’s increases and if pieces are so big then for better brightness we can use
NPN transistor array like ULN2803. Here for driving rows I use also pnp logic array UDN2981 that
transfer power to row when controller logic is 1 and no power when logic is 0.

UDN2981 max supply input is 15 volt. so it can maximum transfer almost 14 to 15 volt to the rows but
red leds enough bright on 5 volt . dot matrix pieces are also multicolor normally red and green in one
package so for driving green leds logic is same as for reds but that need some high power as compare to
red so raise the supply of UDN2981.

UDN2981 can also be replaced by a 8 pnp transistor to use it as a switch

This project can be used as a digital notice board in university it has a pc interface so message can be
updated to it and on power failure it remain in it because EEPROM is used in this project . EEPROM is AT
24C16 serial EEPROM having 2048 bytes.

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