RGB LED Panel

RGB_LED_Panel
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Skills	Electronics, Software
Status	Active
Niche	Electronics
Purpose	Infrastructure
Tool	No
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RGB_LED_Panel

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Cost

100$ = 3 x 16X32 RGB LED MATRIX PANEL 25$ p/s ( inc shipping) ? = 1 x rasberry pi ? = 1 x sd card

Hardware

• 4x 16X32 RGB LED MATRIX PANEL http://www.adafruit.com/products/420
• 1xx 5V 5A PSU
• Raspberry PI
• SD card
• Lots of wires

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Software

• our own version https://github.com/NURDspace/RGB-Panel
• https://github.com/Boomerific/rpi-rgb-led-matrix
• More modern version at https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix

Features

Current Status

Currently using Boomerific's code on Palmerston (Petraea's pi) to run graphics tests on the boards.

Want

• MPD current play status
• Weather
• Currency information (bitcoin, litecoin and so on)

Nice to have

• Visuals based on the music thats playing :)