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[Solved] MAX7219 8-Digit Display with Arduino Nano

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Farah Haddad
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Hi Forum,

In the article "LED Display with Arduino," Bill discussed how we can also use the MAX7219 LED matrix to scroll the text, Bill used the below code. My question is that the line of code used to display the message "Welcome to the Workshop!" is inside the void setup() section. How can I move it to the void loop() section? 

 

/*
  Matrix Display Scrolling Demo
  matrix-scroll-demo.ino
  Scrolls text on a 4-element 8x8 LED matrix display
 
  DroneBot Workshop 2022
   https://dronebotworkshop.com 
*/
 
// Include the required libraries
#include <MD_Parola.h>
#include <MD_MAX72xx.h>
#include <SPI.h>
 
// Specify display hardware type
#define HARDWARE_TYPE MD_MAX72XX::FC16_HW
//#define HARDWARE_TYPE MD_MAX72XX::GENERIC_HW
 
// Display Size and CS Pin
#define MAX_DEVICES 4
#define CS_PIN 10
 
// Create a display object
MD_Parola myDisplay = MD_Parola(HARDWARE_TYPE, CS_PIN, MAX_DEVICES);
 
void setup() {
 
  // Intialize the display object
  myDisplay.begin();
 
  // Set the intensity (brightness) of the display (0-15)
  myDisplay.setIntensity(5);
 
  // Clear the display
  myDisplay.displayClear();
 
  // Display our text in a scroll
  myDisplay.displayScroll("Welcome to the Workshop!", PA_CENTER, PA_SCROLL_LEFT, 100);
}
 
void loop() {
 
  // Ensure display stays animated
  if (myDisplay.displayAnimate()) {
    myDisplay.displayReset();
  }
}

   
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Will
 Will
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@fhaddad

Have you tried just physically moving the command into the loop ?

Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're talking about.


   
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Ron
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@fhaddad Ctl-X Ctl-V

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