Workshop Notes

Build diaries, technical guides, DIY LED panel resources, and updates from the Pixelgrinder workshop

Technical components and tools on a table with a ruler for scale.

Behind the Scenes at Pixelgrinder HQ

We will be building in public going forward + would love for you to join us! We will be sharing our progress via Workshop Note updates, our (still very fresh)...

Behind the Scenes at Pixelgrinder HQ

We will be building in public going forward + would love for you to join us! We will be sharing our progress via Workshop Note updates, our (still very fresh)...

Large digital LED display with geometric test card patterns and a rainbow color block.

The PSLED01 LED Panel Data Pack

Want to get all the information about how to build your own LED panel, then your own screen? Then look no further than our Data Pack! Including all the information...

The PSLED01 LED Panel Data Pack

Want to get all the information about how to build your own LED panel, then your own screen? Then look no further than our Data Pack! Including all the information...

Close up of the an LED module back showing the support frame, circuit, components

Common LED Terminology + How It’s Often Misused

LED displays come with a lot of specialised language. In practice that language gets bent, shortened, or reused in ways that can be confusing, especially when different suppliers, venues, +...

Common LED Terminology + How It’s Often Misused

LED displays come with a lot of specialised language. In practice that language gets bent, shortened, or reused in ways that can be confusing, especially when different suppliers, venues, +...

Close up of LED module pixels with protective mesh mask

Pixel Pitch: What It Is and Why It Matters

When people talk about LED panels, screens, + walls pixel pitch is usually one of the first specifications mentioned, + one of the least clearly explained. Pixel pitch is simply...

Pixel Pitch: What It Is and Why It Matters

When people talk about LED panels, screens, + walls pixel pitch is usually one of the first specifications mentioned, + one of the least clearly explained. Pixel pitch is simply...

LED Panel Receiving Cards: What They Do

LED Panel Receiving Cards: What They Do

If the sending card is the brain of your LED setup then the receiving cards are the nervous system. Each receiving card controls an LED panel (or group of panels)...

LED Panel Receiving Cards: What They Do

If the sending card is the brain of your LED setup then the receiving cards are the nervous system. Each receiving card controls an LED panel (or group of panels)...

LED Sending Cards: What They Do

LED Sending Cards: What They Do

In an LED panel or screen setup a sending card is the point where your video signal becomes something the LED panels can actually understand. At a high level the...

LED Sending Cards: What They Do

In an LED panel or screen setup a sending card is the point where your video signal becomes something the LED panels can actually understand. At a high level the...