{"id":13034,"date":"2015-07-28T12:35:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13034"},"modified":"2015-07-28T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T09:37:50","slug":"animate-the-led-matrix-on-the-astro-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13034","title":{"rendered":"Animate the LED matrix on the Astro Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-tIFjdy6kY5Y\/VbAMdW5_yKI\/AAAAAAAAEko\/2pxWug5McUQ\/s320\/ani2.png?resize=288%2C320\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Richard Hayler has been continuing his work with the Astro Pi. He&#8217;s now moved on from creating static images on the LED matrix to creating simple animations. These are created one frame at a time in a GUI that he&#8217;s built himself. He&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/topshed\/AstroPiGridDraw\" target=\"_blank\">released the software on GitHub<\/a> for you to use. You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/richardhayler.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/07\/raspberry-pi-astropi-led-matrix.html\" target=\"_blank\">more about the development of the software here<\/a>. We&#8217;re still waiting for the SenseHAT (the Astro Pi board) to be available to buy. I reckon when the Foundation finally does, they&#8217;ll have a winner on their hands!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AstroPi animation 3 - Union Pi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zPQ82qeIomI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Hayler has been continuing his work with the Astro Pi. 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