pi-crypto-ticker

RGB LED Display of Cryto Prices, weather, and time.

Getting started

This code assumes two 32x64 RGB matrixes, wired in serial, with a Rasberry Pi and a Adafruit RGB Matrix Bonnet driving them.

Follow this guide to get setup & wire your Pi & Matrix.

You'll also need to ensure that Python3 is installed. PM2 is also used for running on startup.

First, to install python and other dependancies

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-dev cython3 python3-pillow libgraphicsmagick++-dev libwebp-dev

Then to setup the bonnet:

git clone git@github.com:hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/Raspberry-Pi-Installer-Scripts/master/rgb-matrix.sh >rgb-matrix.sh
chmod +x rgb-matrix.sh
sudo bash rgb-matrix.sh

Running the Code

1. Log into your Pi and follow the Getting started steps.
2. Downlaod the code to the Pi

   git clone git@github.com:kmcnellis/pisign.git

3. Copy keys.sample.py to keys.py and add your API keys
4. Add your latitude and longitude to weather.py
5. Create a python Virtual Env

   python -m venv .venv

6. Activate the venv

   source .venv/bin/activate

7. Install dependancies

   source Source/.venv/bin/activate
   .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

8. Run

   sudo python3 main.py

PM2 Setup

1. Install

   sudo apt-get install npm
   npm install pm2 -g

2. Setup Daemon (run the printed commands)

   pm2 startup #Follow the commands printed

3. Edit start.sh to include the correct (absolute) path to your main.py and .venv
4. Run the start script

   ./start.sh