From 674097f170cac8326ff79e634a77945629ebb49e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Bradley Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 22:42:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.txt --- README.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index c53b3ca..51909aa 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ DaisyShift - Daisy Chain Shift Register display using Arduino Ethernet by Will Bradley, www.zyphon.com/daisyshift - twitter @willbradley -For creating an Ethernet-enabled, daisy chainable LED matrix that displays information from a webservice on the LEDs. Each "row" has 8 LEDs, and you can stack as many rows as you like. +If you've just got one of these boards and want to get started, check out the example code here: http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ShftOut11 and here: http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ShiftOut -- just replace the pin numbers 8, 11, and 12 in the code with pins 5,6, and 7 respectively. + +I highly recommend starting with and playing around with the Arduino Blink example first so that you know how to run the Arduino software, edit the code, etc. + +This code is ultimately for creating an Ethernet-enabled, daisy chainable LED matrix that displays information from a webservice on the LEDs. Each "row" has 8 LEDs, and you can stack as many rows as you like. Intentionally kept hackable, with lots of commented-out sections and debugging information available, because everyone's environment is slightly different. Included in distribution: