Required Hardware

• Raspberry Pi
• USB A-Male to A-Male cable
• Pixel Guts

Hardware for Networking (one or the other)

• WiFi Module
• Ethernet Cable

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.