CrowPi Support Forum

I have just tried to run a python program which uses the luma library to drive the dot matrix display. I got an error similar to : Traceback (most recent call last): File "./matrix_demo.py", line 120, in <module> demo(args.cascaded, args.block_orientation, args.rotate) File "./matrix_...

Works great !

Thanks for the demo.

Didn't realise that.

That's the whole point of this forum, to share knowledge

Hi Sam and welcome to the board.

Love your word clock, hope you have many more projects to come

First I have heard about this, how did you find out ?

Looks like I have missed out on the cheap starter kit with a 4B 4G so unless Elecrow send me a free one for setting up this support site, I will have to leave it as funds can't stretch that far at the moment

Hi, I haven't used Kali on a Raspberry Pi but there is no reason why it shouldn't work. Googling implies it does so what is the error message you are getting ? I will download the latest Kali 2020.2b and have a go on my CrowPi to see what happens.

Thanks and welcome to the board !

Thanks for joining Mick.

The board hasn't taken off as I had expected but it is early days yet and hopefully more people may join soon.

I only have a rev 1 board and not the rev 2 but I have found an excellent article on wiring a LED to a relay which you may find useful as a starting point. Check out https://osoyoo.com/2017/06/28/raspberry-pi-relay-led/

Hi, I thought I would start by detailing my first steps and experiences when using my new CrowPi. After booting up the CrowPi, the first thing I did was to run the apt-get update/upgrade cycle. Unfortunately, this bricked my CrowPi as the process ran out of disc space during the install stage and ma...