Desktop Buddy

Desktop Buddy is an open-source platform for displaying custom modules on a 32x32 LED matrix running on a Raspberry Pi.

This is not a finished project. Please reach out to me if you have any questions about setup.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Things you will need to get started:

• Raspberry Pi with Wi-Fi
• 32 x 32 LED Matrix
  • I'm using this model from Adafruit
• Adafruit RGB Matrix HAT + RTC for Raspberry Pi or equivalent
• Amazon Web Services account

Setup and Installation

• Follow these steps to get your matrix up and running if you're using the Adafruit Matrix HAT listed above.
• Clone this repository to your Raspberry Pi
  • git clone https://github.com/oct0f1sh/DesktopBuddy
• Set up a new AWS IoT Thing, download the certificates, and edit the paths of the endpoint, root_ca_path, certificate_path, and private_key_path strings in aws_service.py to your new values.

Running the Service

Navigate to the directory that you cloned the project and run the aws_service.py file.

Authors

• oct0f1sh, duncan@duncanmacdonald.us - This library
• hzeller, h.zeller@acm.org - rpi-rgb-led-matrix library