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A small application to drive LED matrix displays, such as the pimoroni unicorn, from nodejs. My intention is to create a digital graffiti/guestbook system.
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Make sure you are on a recent nodejs version. Raspbian has an old version. Use nodesource ;).
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Also, use a decent modern browser. I wrote recent syntax, so probably works best in Chrome 62+. Firefox is known to have some issues, Edge works, Safari is a PITA. Just wait for your browser to play catch up then with recent standards. If you dislike Chrome, you can put this trough Babel. But you're on your own there.
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Copy config.example.json to config.json and pick a driver + display size.
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execute:
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npm install
nodejs pixdisp.js
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Navigate to http://localhost:8080/
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Matrix driver & Unicorn Hat HD driver inspired by https://github.com/vesteraas/node-unicornhathd
### Drawing
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Simple clicking on the canvas in the responsive webinterface makes things light up.
### Camera
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The webinterface allows you to capture your camera and submit images from there.
### Webinterface
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A simple web interface is included for drawing on the device. Defaults to port 8080.
