Now go on eBay and get a Max7219 8x8 LED Matrix! Here is pre-assembled one for under $2.00 (including shipping)
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It is very handy to be able to light up different dots depending on what is going on in the firmware. And if you are not debugging code, the lights will show you how many commands are buffered up waiting to be executed by the printer.
It looks very cool while printing.
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It is very handy to be able to light up different dots depending on what is going on in the firmware. And if you are not debugging code, the lights will show you how many commands are buffered up waiting to be executed by the printer.
It looks very cool while printing.