It is really impressive, but so heavy for the PI proc:(. This it, what i did, to let it look like a Classic Game Boy (Model: DMG-01) on a 1920x1080 screen. Has always been my bug bear with gameboy emulation, there was no authentic dot matrix display.
This is an 8x8 LED matrix for a RaspberryPi, and three programs to run on it:
1 - A 'Hello World' program with a complete English font.
2 - A Dice game.
3 - A small 8x8 version of Conway's Game of Life.
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You will need:
RaspberryPi (any model)
Adafruit Perma-Proto Raspberry Pi Breadboard PCB Kit http://www.adafruit.com/products/1135
One of these cables to connect the board to the RPi:
GPIO Ribbon Cable for Raspberry Pi Model A and B - 26 pin
http://www.adafruit.com/products/862
http://www.adafruit.com/products/862
Downgrade GPIO Ribbon Cable for Pi A+/B+/Pi 2 - 40p to 26p
http://www.adafruit.com/products/1986
http://www.adafruit.com/products/1986
Miniature 8x8 Red LED Matrix http://www.adafruit.com/product/454
8 resistors 330-560 Ohm 1/4 Watt.
1 resistor 10K Ohm 1/4 Watt.
Switch Button (12mm) http://www.adafruit.com/products/1119
22 ga hookup wire, red and black/
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The RaspberryPi programs in this instructable use the wiringPi libraries, written by Gordon Henderson, for programming the GPIO in C.
wiringPi must be installed. Instructions for download, installation and use are located at http://wiringpi.com
![Game pi zero dot matrix dmg 2 0 Game pi zero dot matrix dmg 2 0](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125860535/275499705.jpg)
wiringPi uses it's own pin numbering scheme.
All RaspberryPi pin numbers are wiringPi numbers unless otherwise specified.