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06-03-2006, 11:37

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Re: pic: Team 293 SPIKE Controls

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Originally Posted by The Lucas

How do you drive all those LEDs with only 8 LED outputs?

I can add what I learned from talking to the mentors and students in the pit.

You reasoned correctly that 3 bits of the available eight go to the Ball Ready light, etc., the remaining 5 bits provide all the data necessary to process and run the LED grid display through a couple of custom circuit boards.

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