Required Hardware
- Raspberry Pi
- USB A-Male to A-Male cable
- Pixel Guts
Hardware for Networking (one or the other)
Optional Hardware for Wearables
To go wearable/portable, power the Raspberry Pi and Pixel board with two lipo batteries and two Adafruit PowerBoots and corresponding USB adaptors:
- PowerBoost
- LiPo Batteries
- USB to USB Micro B cable (for powering the Raspberry Pi)
- USB to Barrel Jack Adapter (for powering the LED matrix)
Note: The Pixel started off as a Kickstarter which is version 1 of the product. Some version 1 Pixels were even in the Adafruit store. The Pixel software used in this guide is compatible with both the version 1 and version 2 models.
