When you consider the simplicity in using Matrix Orbital displays, it is often more complicated to try to integrate someone else's code rather than writing a couple lines yourself. It depends on your operating system, compiler, and libraries. They are fast, effective and come with examples.
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Have a look at the downloads page. We don't know who makes it, but with a wide voltage module powered from the disk drive cable, the PC will refuse to power up. This, we believe, is causing the latch-up. This means that the higher the input voltage, the more heat will be generated. Also, the more power the module needs, the more heat will be generated.