// Including the required Arduino libraries
#include "MD_MAX72xx.h"

// Initialization
#define HARDWARE_TYPE MD_MAX72XX::GENERIC_HW
#define MAX_DEVICES 15 //this example is using only 6
#define CS_PIN 4
#define DATA_PIN 5
#define CLK_PIN 18
MD_MAX72XX mx = MD_MAX72XX(HARDWARE_TYPE, DATA_PIN, CLK_PIN, CS_PIN, MAX_DEVICES);

//Call with "set_matrix()":
void set_matrix(){
 int a[6][8] = {
  {1110, 10010, 100010, 100010, 10010, 100010, 100010, 11110},
  {10011001, 10011001, 10000001, 1000010, 1000010, 1100110, 100100, 111100},
  {11111111, 10000001, 10010101, 10100001, 10100001, 10010101, 10000001, 11111111},
  {11111111, 10000001, 10010101, 10100001, 10100001, 10010101, 10000001, 11111111},
  {11111111, 10000001, 10010101, 10100001, 10100001, 10010101, 10000001, 11111111},
  {11111111, 10000001, 10010101, 10100001, 10100001, 10010101, 10000001, 11111111}
 };

 for (int i=0; i<6; i++){
   for (int j=0; j<8; j++){
    for (int k=8+8*i-1; k>8*i-1; k--){
     mx.setPoint(j, k, a[i][j]%10);
     a[i][j]/=10;
   }
  }
 }
}

void setup() {
  // Intialize the object
  mx.begin();
  // Set the intensity (brightness) of the display (0-15)
  mx.control(MD_MAX72XX::INTENSITY, 7);
  // Clear the display
  mx.clear();
  // Set the matrix to the patterns
  set_matrix();
}
void loop() {
}