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Controlling up to three chains of 64x64, 32x32, 16x32 or similar RGB LED displays using Raspberry Pi GPIO

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Original readme can be found here.

Installation Instructions:

  1. Configure Raspberry Pi for SSH access
  2. ping raspberrypi.local to get the local IP address of the Raspberry Pi
  3. ssh [email protected]
    • If you get an error similar to WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! just follow the instructions listed
    • When prompted, enter your Raspberry Pi password, default is raspberry
  4. Install git: sudo apt install git
  5. Clone this repo into the Raspberry PI
  6. cd rpi-rgb-led-matrix
  7. In the root directory above build for Python 3:
    1. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install python3-dev python3-pillow -y
    2. make build-python PYTHON=$(command -v python3)
    3. sudo make install-python PYTHON=$(command -v python3)
  8. Ensure the Raspberry Pi's sound is disbaled:
    1. From the Pi's root directory, sudo nano /boot/config.txt
    2. Ensure dtparam=audio=off
  9. From the rpi-rgb-led-matrix navigate to cd bindings/python/samples
  10. Run sudo python harry.py to start the LED sign

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