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Step 4Installing the diodes
You will be fashioning pins to be inserted directly into the MPC board. Make VERY sure that you are able to attach them directly into female headers (sockets) labelled D12 to D8 on the microcomputer board. The larger MPC boards have a gap between pins D7 and D8; make the necessary adjustments to your installation!
Bend the leads of 5 x 1N4148 diodes to come out the the space at the bottom, with the cathode (-), banded side pointing towards the LEDs. The anode (+) end will attach to the micro's pins. If you find the wires too flimsy as a connector, reinforce them with a heavier wire.
Attach the cathode ends by thin wires to the LED's anode (row) ends: pin 12, row 1; pin 11, row 2; pin 10, row 3; pin 09, row 4 & pin 08, row 5.
Bend the leads of 5 x 1N4148 diodes to come out the the space at the bottom, with the cathode (-), banded side pointing towards the LEDs. The anode (+) end will attach to the micro's pins. If you find the wires too flimsy as a connector, reinforce them with a heavier wire.
Attach the cathode ends by thin wires to the LED's anode (row) ends: pin 12, row 1; pin 11, row 2; pin 10, row 3; pin 09, row 4 & pin 08, row 5.
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Aug 30, 2011. 9:53 AMLeskoIam
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Hello. I just noticed that your pictures don't match the description. In a picture row 1 connects to arduino pin 8, row 2 connects to arduino pin 9 and so on. In description row 1 connects to arduino pin 12,.... So I would just like to know which one is correct? Keep up the good work!
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