allyearlights

Controlling WS2811 LED strips using Rpi0w. The eventual goal is to leave the decorative lights up all year long with and editable schedule of color patterns for given holidays.

Wire the WS2811 to pin 12 PWM0 on the Raspberry Pi 0
Disable the bcm2835 sound. The timer is used to drive the WS2811.

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/snd-blacklist.conf

Add blacklist snd_bcm2835

Edit config.txt and add:

	hdmi_force_hotplug=1
	hdmi_force_edid_audio=1

sudo raspi-config

Force hdmi audo under "Advanced Options"->"Audio", Set password, timezone, hostname, wifi, and enable SSH.

sudo reboot

Prerequisites

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y	
sudo apt install scons git screen python-pip
sudo pip install flask
sudo pip install flask-wtf
sudo reboot

sudo apt install scons
git clone https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x.git
cd rpi_ws281x
scons
sudo /home

Install python lib.

cd python
sudo apt-get install python-dev swig 
sudo rm -rf ./build
python ./setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install

Add start up script to:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

Add:

/home/pi/allyearlights/startlights.sh &

Edit Startup Script if you want to see output and errors

nano  /home/pi/allyearlights/startlights.sh

Start or Stop Script

sudo python /home/pi/allyearlights/allyearlights.py -c
sudo pkill -ef allyearlights.py

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