---
title: "MatrixPortal Metaballs"
date: 2025-08-16T17:13:46-07:00
tags:
    - Hardware
    - Arduino
    - AdaFruit
    - Metaballs
    - Electronics
---

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    <video controls width="100%">
        <source src="metaballs.mov" type="video/mp4">
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</figure>

I've had this [MatrixPortal M4][m4] from AdaFruit for a little while now. It's a
fun little bit of hardware. Easy to hack on with the Arduino IDE. AdaFruit have
published a bunchh of useful libraries for doing fun things with LED matrix
displays. Here it is running a metaballs simulation on a 64&times;64 matrix
display.

[m4]: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-matrixportal-m4