Comments on: RainbowDuino here it is! (and how to program it) http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/ Featuring Ruby, Rails, Web development, Arduino, Processing, Nabaztag and more... Tue, 15 May 2012 02:35:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurence http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-1055 Laurence Fri, 20 Apr 2012 06:55:13 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-1055 Can someone please help me to get my Rainbowduino V3 to work with MTX Control, i have uploaded the firmware to the Rainbowduino, no Arduino board needed as the new Rainbowduino allows for sketches to be uploaded directly, When i start MTX Control, it just says NO DEVICE FOUND, and tryint ALT + ENTER does nothing, i am running MACOSX 10.6.8 snow leopard, Please help Can someone please help me to get my Rainbowduino V3 to work with MTX Control, i have uploaded the firmware to the Rainbowduino, no Arduino board needed as the new Rainbowduino allows for sketches to be uploaded directly, When i start MTX Control, it just says NO DEVICE FOUND, and tryint ALT + ENTER does nothing, i am running MACOSX 10.6.8 snow leopard, Please help

]]> By: markus.jabs.name » RGB-8×8-LED-Matrix http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-972 markus.jabs.name » RGB-8×8-LED-Matrix Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:17:30 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-972 [...] möchte ich hervorheben, dass Tobi auf meinen Kommentar mehr als flott geantwortet hat.  Ich glaube auch, dass alle Informationen, die ich hier [...] [...] möchte ich hervorheben, dass Tobi auf meinen Kommentar mehr als flott geantwortet hat.  Ich glaube auch, dass alle Informationen, die ich hier [...]

]]> By: Imanuel http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-970 Imanuel Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:11:11 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-970 anyone have an example program for scrolling text? because I do not understand using rainbowduino to display the letters in an 8x8 RGB LED matrix. If you have an example of this program please send to my email: @ yahoo.co.id imanuel.siman thank you anyone have an example program for scrolling text?
because I do not understand using rainbowduino to display the letters in an 8×8 RGB LED matrix.
If you have an example of this program please send to my email: @ yahoo.co.id imanuel.siman
thank you

]]> By: Rob Sherratt http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-945 Rob Sherratt Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:19:48 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-945 There is now a RainbowDuino version 3.0 with on-board USB for programming. You no longer have to use a separate Arduino for programming. http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Rainbowduino_v3.0 There is now a RainbowDuino version 3.0 with on-board USB for programming. You no longer have to use a separate Arduino for programming. http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Rainbowduino_v3.0

]]> By: Chad http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-916 Chad Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:30:28 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-916 Has anyone gotten this to work with v3.0 Rainbowduino hardware? I can successfully flash the Rainbowduino, Mtxcontrol finds the board ok and I see the rx/tx lights light up when I send activity to the board, but the lights do not light up. The only thing I can get working with this 3.0 board is the included examples that come with the stock 3.0 firmware. Ideas? Has anyone gotten this to work with v3.0 Rainbowduino hardware? I can successfully flash the Rainbowduino, Mtxcontrol finds the board ok and I see the rx/tx lights light up when I send activity to the board, but the lights do not light up. The only thing I can get working with this 3.0 board is the included examples that come with the stock 3.0 firmware. Ideas?

]]> By: ortsac http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-762 ortsac Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:40:13 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-762 Hi, I am using the latest files from, the firmware is dated 8/2/2011 from the githup site zip file “latest_mtxcontro_and_firmware_windows”, Seeeduino 328, and Windows XP. I’m new to Rainbowduino….I was able to successfully the following using the Adruino IDE: 1. Blank the Seeeduino Atmega328 (I am using it as a pass a USB-serial comunication to the Rainbowduino board.) 2. Upload the “Rainbow_Plasma.pde” into the Rainboeduino and watch it perform in Standalone mode. 3. Blank out the “Rainbow_Plasma” from the Rainbowduino and watch the display turn off. 4. Upload the firmware the “mtxfirmware.pde” into the Rainbowduino and watch it all go white. The problem is it seems that the”mtXcontrol.exe” does not seem to work. There is a message at the top of the window that says “No output device found, running in standalone mode”. I do not know what that means and how to correct it. Please help!!!! ortsac Hi,

I am using the latest files from, the firmware is dated 8/2/2011 from the githup site zip file “latest_mtxcontro_and_firmware_windows”, Seeeduino 328, and Windows XP.

I’m new to Rainbowduino….I was able to successfully the following using the Adruino IDE:
1. Blank the Seeeduino Atmega328 (I am using it as a pass a USB-serial comunication to the Rainbowduino board.)
2. Upload the “Rainbow_Plasma.pde” into the Rainboeduino and watch it perform in Standalone mode.
3. Blank out the “Rainbow_Plasma” from the Rainbowduino and watch the display turn off.
4. Upload the firmware the “mtxfirmware.pde” into the Rainbowduino and watch it all go white.

The problem is it seems that the”mtXcontrol.exe” does not seem to work. There is a message at the top of the window that says “No output device found, running in standalone mode”. I do not know what that means and how to correct it. Please help!!!!

ortsac

]]> By: kin37ik http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-707 kin37ik Sun, 08 May 2011 09:13:23 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-707 ive done exactaly what youve described here but i cannt get mine to work, im using an arduino mega 2560 and 2 rianbowduino's, ive tried uploading the MTX firmware onto the rainbowduino but the compiler just throws alot of errors and doesnt upload it to the rainbowduino at all ive done exactaly what youve described here but i cannt get mine to work, im using an arduino mega 2560 and 2 rianbowduino’s, ive tried uploading the MTX firmware onto the rainbowduino but the compiler just throws alot of errors and doesnt upload it to the rainbowduino at all

]]> By: Paul http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-666 Paul Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:19:30 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-666 Hi Guys, I managed to get my Rainbowduino (328) programmed via a seedunio (328). I experienced the same error stk500_paged_write() ..... when following the instruction the way I achived this was todo the reset for the boot loader manually. Here is what I did. 1. Connect the RST to GND on the seeedunio board (hold chip in reset state) 2. Connect RX,TX,GND and VCC (5V) from seeedunio to Rainbowduino 3. Setup arudino IDE read with the firmware.pde and 328 board format. 4. Press reset on the Rainbowduino and then quickly press the upload button (I think it needs to be under 0.5 seconds). This should then download the new firmware to the Rainbowduino board. P.S I found that I needed to change #include ----- >> #include "MsTimer2.h" in a couple of places Hi Guys,

I managed to get my Rainbowduino (328) programmed via a seedunio (328). I experienced the same error stk500_paged_write() ….. when following the instruction the way I achived this was todo the reset for the boot loader manually.

Here is what I did.

1. Connect the RST to GND on the seeedunio board (hold chip in reset state)
2. Connect RX,TX,GND and VCC (5V) from seeedunio to Rainbowduino
3. Setup arudino IDE read with the firmware.pde and 328 board format.
4. Press reset on the Rainbowduino and then quickly press the upload button (I think it needs to be under 0.5 seconds).

This should then download the new firmware to the Rainbowduino board.

P.S I found that I needed to change
#include —– >> #include “MsTimer2.h”
in a couple of places

]]> By: Rainbowduino mit Arduino verbinden und programmieren « SUSAY – Design, Technik und Trends http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-546 Rainbowduino mit Arduino verbinden und programmieren « SUSAY – Design, Technik und Trends Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:39:16 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-546 [...] hat eine Anleitung auf Englisch geschrieben. Auf dem unteren Foto könnt ihr erkennen wie man den Raibowduino mit dem Arduino [...] [...] hat eine Anleitung auf Englisch geschrieben. Auf dem unteren Foto könnt ihr erkennen wie man den Raibowduino mit dem Arduino [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.rngtng.com/2009/06/25/rainbowduino-here-it-is-and-how-to-program-it/comment-page-2/#comment-544 Dave Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:21:58 +0000 http://www.rngtng.com/?p=131#comment-544 If the Arduino and the Rainbowduino are both 328 you cannot program through the Arduino, you will need a usb - uart rs232 board i think. If the Arduino and the Rainbowduino are both 328 you cannot program through the Arduino, you will need a usb – uart rs232 board i think.

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