balena xmas

Hardware required

• Raspberry Pi Zero
• SD Card
• 5v RGB LED stripe

Connecting the hardware

Connect the data pins for your WS281x lights on the RPi to PIN18 and GROUND.

Setup and installation

Running this project is as simple as deploying it to balenaCloud application. You can do it in just one click by using the button below:

You can also deploy in the traditional manner using the balena CLI and balena push command. For more information check out the docs.

Install via Git

$ git clone git@github.com:adambutler/balena-xmas.git

Then add your balena application's remote:

$ git remote add balena username@git.balena-cloud.com:username/myapp.git

and push the code to the newly added remote:

$ git push balena master

It should take a few minutes for the code to push.

Configure environment variables

LED_BRIGHTNESS=255 (full)
LED_COUNT=300