arduino project1

Just started programming my new arduino. Got the standard "Hello World" flashing led up in about 30 minutes on the solderless breadboard. Using the Arduino IDE to program them, but will eventually switch to C or assembly to increase efficiency.

One project I have my eyes on are the 8x8x8 led cube with RGB color change as seen on instructables and youtube:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-an-8x8x8-LED-cube-and-control-it-with/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj3_v7xCyJ0

I've set up a 2x2 matrix and gotten some patterns going with different colors, as well as a 1x6 line of leds to flash through its range. For this project I am going to need some LED drivers, which are small chips preprogrammed to interact with the LEDs. With a few of those I will be able to regulate the colors and control many more leds than with the few I/O pins of the arduino.

I've got some other projects in the works as well but will save those for another blog.

Just checking

Does this work?