ledmatrix_widgets

A rust application for creating and displaying widgets on the Framework 16 LED Matrix modules.

Current Widgets

• Current battery life
• CPU usage per-core

Future Additions

• RAM usage
• Disk size
• Network traffic
• Overall CPU usage
• Customize position with application parameters
• Customize refresh rate
• JSON Configuration file

Installation

Head over to the Releases tab and download for either Ubuntu/Debian (.deb), Fedora (.rpm), Arch (.pkg.tar.xz) or Windows (.msi). If you want to run locally, clone this repo and follow the build instructions below.

Or, you can download from here:
Ubuntu / Debian
Fedora
Arch Linux
Windows

Note - these installers will only install the executable and add it to your path - you can only run by running the command ledmatrix_widgets. There are plans to package a .desktop / systemd unit file, and add a shortcut to Startup for Windows, but that will have to wait for future releases.

Build Instructions

Prereqs:

cargo

# Arch
systemd-libs

# Ubuntu/Debian
libudev-dev
pkg-config

# Fedora
systemd-devel

In the root directory, run cargo build or cargo run. This project is cross platform, and works with both Windows and Linux.