Hi all, this is certainly a n00b question… what is the current state of the art for LEDs and chipsets, factoring in things like overall value, power consumption, and frame rates? I want to start dabbling in designs using 200-300 LEDs (battery powered) and 1,000-1,500 LEDs (line powered) and don’t have any preconceived notions about the controlling hardware. Ideal environment would be some sort of display -> LED proxy for most flexibility (e.g., would permit any combination of video playback, real-time music visuals, playing with Kinect, etc). Seems like there is probably a wiki page for this somewhere…
Check out the Library Home page at https://code.google.com/p/fastspi/ This should get you started.