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Raspberry Pi Image

Pre-built image for Raspberry Pi 4/5 with zeClock pre-installed.

Flash to SD card

gunzip -c zeclock-rpi.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress

Or use Raspberry Pi Imager / balenaEtcher — both support .img.gz natively.

First boot

1. Insert SD card and power on
2. If WiFi is not pre-configured, connect to the zeClock-Setup AP
3. Configure WiFi via the captive portal
4. zeClock starts automatically once connected

See the README for full documentation.

What's Changed

• feat: Plugin System by @ojacques in #1
• feat: new direct zedmd backend, CPU optimizations by @ojacques in #2
• fix: now properly reconnects to ZeDMD device / retries by @ojacques in #3
• feat: Now support HD DMDs, add TODO.md by @ojacques in #4
• feat: add night mode with brightness and time only by @ojacques in #5
• feat: now support MQTT and REST remote, reconnection improvements by @ojacques in #6
• feat: add Web UI and Speaker Conference plugin by @ojacques in #7
• feat: Raspberry image build + plugin auto config by @ojacques in #8
• feat(gif-plugin): support multiple directories with weighted rotation by @ojacques in #9
• feat: plugin API improvements (typed context, version, validation, docs) by @ojacques in #10
• fix: invalidate brightness cache after sun data update by @ojacques in #12
• docs: establish two operating modes, remove NAS references by @ojacques in #13
• feat: restructure README, add plugin videos, fix speaker-timer by @ojacques in #14
• feat: add paragliding plugin (Paraglidable API) by @ojacques in #15
• Add Kiro steering files for project conventions by @ojacques in #17
• docs: add backend guide and DMDServerBackend tests by @ojacques in #18
• refactor: move animation-color from CLI to plugins.yaml config by @ojacques in #16
• docs: document dmdserver multi-device support (Pixelcade, PIN2DMD) by @ojacques in #19
• fix(rpi): prevent boot reboot loop on WiFi-only & add persistent journal by @ojacques in #20
• feat: GIF directory upload and management from Web UI by @ojacques in #22
• feat: shared location autocomplete service for plugin config by @ojacques in #24
• docs: RPi autonomous boot documentation + CI image build by @ojacques in #25

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DMDTools/zeClock/commits/latest