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you have common cathode? so that means your row is cathode?
you can download my project here..
https://www.edaboard.com/threads/199151/
im using 74hc154 in my rows.. and i dont know what transistors to use to sink up my rows current.. i have 7x40 led matrix which is 7 cathode rows and 40 anode columns.. in my columns, i am using 74hc595 and what resistor or transistor should i add up to sink my columns? need help on a real hardware design.. because i want to implement this with less errors.. thanks!
No! My rows is anode and columns for cathode. Because i'm using bi-colour common cathode only. Or if I used 8x8(w/out bi-colour), I would prefer common cathode all times.
The transistor can be used any transistors such as NPN2N2222 or 2N3904 or general transistor.
For resistor, every dot matrix will come with 20mA limited for red led only. U will have known that dot matrix and also voltage is 5V. To calculated ohms law voltage/mA= +/-resistor with 1/4 or 1/8 watts. I used 220 ohms with 1/4watts. It is up to u, so u can use range 180-330 ohms.
Btw, I'm using mikroBasic pro.