RPi WS281x Hub

Control your raspberry pi ws281x leds from your network, using a local api / web application.

Backend: python / fast-api | Frontend: vuejs / vuetify

Application

Installation

On the pi run the following pip commands (as root cause the service will need priviledges to access PWM channels).

sudo pip3 install rpi_ws281x_hub

Once installed make sure that the config.json file match your hardware setup, important part being num (number of pixels), pin (hardware pin used to control the led) and finally channel (depending on the pin).

Know working pin|channel pairs are: 12|0, 18|0 or 13|1 see rpi_ws281x for more information.

Finally fire the thing with:

sudo rpi-ws281x-hub

And open http://<your-pi-ip>:8000 in a web browser.

Development

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/vrince/rpi-ws281x-hub.git
cd rpi-ws281x-hub

Install dependencies and install package in dev mode:

sudo python3 setup.py develop

Run locally:

# using script
sudo rpi-ws281x-hub
# or directly using the api.py main
sudo python3 rpi_ws281x_hub/api.py --port 8000

Web application can be reach at http://<your-pi-ip>:8000/app

Add a new led task

Credits

https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x

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