luma.led_matrix

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Luma.LED_Matrix

Display drivers for MAX7219, WS2812, APA102

Python 3 library interfacing LED matrix displays with the MAX7219 driver (using SPI), WS2812 (NeoPixels, inc Pimoroni Unicorn pHat/Hat and Unicorn Hat HD) and APA102 (DotStar) on the Raspberry Pi and other Linux-based single board computers - it provides a Pillow-compatible drawing canvas, and other functionality to support:

• multiple cascaded devices
• LED matrix, seven-segment and NeoPixel variants
• scrolling/panning capability,
• terminal-style printing,
• state management,
• dithering to monochrome,
• pygame emulator

Documentation

Full documentation with installation instructions and examples can be found on https://luma-led-matrix.readthedocs.io.

A LED matrix can be acquired for a few pounds from outlets like Banggood. Likewise 7-segment displays are available from Ali-Express or Ebay.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Richard Hull & Contributors

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.