LEDarcade64

A collection of classes and functions for animated text and graphics on an Adafruit LED Matrix.

This version is a fork of the original LEDarcade from DATAGOD, but it adds new functionalities and adapt it for a 64x64 RGB LED Matrix. In my particular case I'm using two chained 64x64 panels to reach a 128x64 total Matrix.

What it can do

LEDArcade has many classes, functions, pre-defined sprites that are used to do the following:

draw a sprite
move a sprite
make a sprite float across the screen
raw animated sprites floating across the screen
draw text of multiple sizes
scroll text left or right at various speeds
multiple ways to clear the screen (zooming in / zooming out / fading)
scroll the screen around a large map, displaying only a section of the map in a window

Requirements

Raspberry Pi 3 and up
Adafruit LED Matrix (64x32)
Adafruit RGB Hat
hzeller's RBG LED Matrix code: https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix

Usage

Modify the test.py script to contain the messages you want to display. Then execute by issuing the comand:

sudo python3 test.py

Retro Arcade Games

There are 5 old school arcade games you can play on your LED Matrix:

sudo python3 DotInvaders.py
sudo python3 Defender.py
sudo python3 Outbreak.py
sudo python3 SpaceDot.py
sudo python3 Tron.py

Rotating Arcade Games

Run the following to put your clock into a mode that will cycle through all the available games.

sudo python3 arcade.py

Flight LED panel

My favorite: Displays the closest aircraft to specified coordinates and shows all of its data and info using FlightRadar24 API. Edit FlightConfig.ini to set some necessary parameters.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS:
'U' - Update Flights list
'N' - Show Next Flight in the list

sudo python3 flight.py