Blackout-proof Xmas Tree

A pattern for a 3D RGB Xmas Tree and RPi.

Hardware

• Raspberry Pi
• 3D RGB Xmas Tree for Raspberry Pi
• Waveshare UPS HAT

Installation

1. Install dependencies

   sudo apt install python3-gpiozero
   

2. Download the script

   git clone https://github.com/dr-mod/xmas-tree.git ~/xmas-tree
   

3. Run it

   python3 ~/xmas-tree/main.py
   

4. To make it run on startup
   1. nano /etc/rc.local
   2. Add one the following before exit 0

   /usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/xmas-tree/main.py &
   

   conversely, you can run in screen

   su - pi -c "/usr/bin/screen -dm sh -c '/usr/bin/python3 /home/pi/xmas-tree/main.py'"
   

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