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11x7 pixels of single-colour, brightness-controlled, message scrolling goodness!

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Installing

Full install (recommended):

We've created an easy installation script that will install all pre-requisites and get your 11x7 LED Matrix Breakout up and running with minimal efforts. To run it, fire up Terminal which you'll find in Menu -> Accessories -> Terminal on your Raspberry Pi desktop, as illustrated below:

Finding the terminal

In the new terminal window type the command exactly as it appears below (check for typos) and follow the on-screen instructions:

curl https://get.pimoroni.com/matrix11x7 | bash

If you choose to download examples you'll find them in /home/pi/Pimoroni/matrix11x7/.

Manual install:

Library install for Python 3:

sudo pip3 install matrix11x7

Library install for Python 2:

sudo pip2 install matrix11x7

Development:

If you want to contribute, or like living on the edge of your seat by having the latest code, you should clone this repository, cd to the library directory, and run:

sudo python3 setup.py install

(or sudo python setup.py install whichever your primary Python environment may be)

In all cases you will have to enable the i2c bus.

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