Hi people, my first post.
I have this crazy idea of making a LED table which consists basically of 9x9 square boxes, each row of boxes emitting a different colour to produce a gradient along the table, as such:
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Im fairly confident I could pull this off with my limited electronic know how (did some as part of a civil engineering degree)
However, the kicker is, I want the colour gradient to kinda move along in a direction. So each row would slowly change colour at a slightly different phase to the ones either side.
So my question is, not having a whole heap of knowledge, pretty much what do I need to pull this off. I have been looking into micro controllers, but its hard to get info. Will I just need 1 microcontroller with at least 9 RGB outputs? What are some recommended brands? Is this going to be a total ***** to program? Will 1 RGB output have enough juice to power a whole row of 9 RGB LEDs, or will I need to boost it somehow?
Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated.