The Raspberry Pi is running a render engine I wrote in Python for mapping each geolocation to LED and all animations. Live data is pulled from the public API. Watch this video on YouTube.

Another component you'll need for a straightforward LED sign build is a Pi HAT. A Pi HAT is a term used to describe additional hardware attached to the top of a Raspberry Pi unit.

The LED display in question is of the 64×64 RGB type, available from Aliexpress and other electronics suppliers online. To run the display, an Adafruit RGB Matrix Hat is used with the Raspberry ...

Vcc Labs has created a Raspberry Pi RP2040-powered RGB LED matrix that's super small and powered via USB Type-C.

Small, measuring 60x67mm, it includes a 7 x 7 matrix of RGB LEDs, a loudspeaker and a microphone. “It can be used for games, to listen to music, sample music recordings and be programmed as a voice ...

This module introduces Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) techniques for Python on the Raspberry Pi. Subsequently, by using PWM we can modify the brightness of an LED without having to change a resistor.

While we’ve seen many Raspberry Pi enclosures made out of LEGO in the past, this Portal-themed build with RGB lighting deserves a special nod.

Second, it has a 4-pin I2C connector instead of a 3-pin debug connector. And third, the BPI-Pico-RP2040 has an RGB LED light. Otherwise, the two boards are nearly identical.

The Raspberry Pi is a powerful computer in a compact form factor, making it highly useful for all manner of projects. However, it lacks some of the IO capabilities you might find on a common microc… ...