Furthering my LED research - Adafruit 16x32 RGB Matrix

So, now that I've got the basic concept for my UI controller down, I figured I should look at some other libraries / code to get a feel for how they handle data.    Fortunately, the good folks at http://www.adafruit.com have this REALLY sweet piece of kit in their 16x32 RGB LED Matrix!    I opted for the atmega based backpack so that I could jump right in!    

The adafruit libraries provide a TON of functionality that I'd rather not program (drawPixel, drawLine, drawCircle, print, etc).    


I'm gonna get my lovely wife to solder up the backpack tonite (she love soldering! she's a keeper!)  and should have some footage of it shortly thereafter.    You can also chain these little bad boys together into LED walls, LED Cubes, etc.  After I'm done playing with it, it'll make an awesome bit of wall art, or a spectrum analyzer for the studio!      They should be ALOT of fun to take out to clubs and parties too!

LED Panel: https://www.adafruit.com/products/420