Diy Raspberry Pi Nhl Scoreboard Led Panel

LED panel

Raspberry Pi

Housing

Project cost

• The red wire’s pitchfork connector to the positive (+) terminal on the bonnet
• The black wire’s pitchfork connector to the negative (-) terminal on the bonnet

Update the Pi and install Git

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git python-pip

Install the library and dependencies

git clone --recursive https://github.com/riffnshred/nhl-led-scoreboard
cd nhl-led-scoreboard/
sudo chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

Set your favorite team

sudo nano config.json

{
    "end_of_day": "12:00",
    "debug": false,
    "fav_team_id": 14
}

sudo python main.py --led-gpio-mapping=adafruit-hat --led-brightness=60 --led-slowdown-gpio=2

sudo python main.py --led-gpio-mapping=adafruit-hat --led-brightness=100 --led-slowdown-gpio=2

sudo python main.py --led-gpio-mapping=adafruit-hat-pwm --led-brightness=60 --led-slowdown-gpio=2

Crontab: How to Run a Simple Command When Your Raspberry Pi Boots

nano ~/start-scoreboard.sh

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/pi/nhl-led-scoreboard
n=0
until [ $n -ge 10 ]
do
   python main.py --led-gpio-mapping=adafruit-hat --led-brightness=60 --led-slowdown-gpio=2 && break
   # Uncomment and use this line instead if you did the anti-flicker mod:
   #python main.py --led-gpio-mapping=adafruit-hat-pwm --led-brightness=60 --led-slowdown-gpio=2 && break
   n=$[$n+1]
   sleep 10
done

chmod +x ~/start-scoreboard.sh

sudo crontab -e

@reboot /home/pi/start-scoreboard.sh > /home/pi/cron.log 2>&1

sudo reboot

1. raspberry_pi_zero_w_sled_alternate_version.stl
2. cover_rpi_side.stl
3. cover_battery_side.stl
4. p5_panel_frame_rpi_side.stl
5. p5_panel_frame_battery_side.stl

Panel assembly

Real-time clock countdown functionality

Installing MLB scoreboard

Weather and a clock on off-days

Potentiometer

Other things

A special thanks

• riffnshred for developing the NHL-LED-Scoreboard library.
• The MLB-LED-Scoreboard developers: Their repo served as the basis for the NHL-LED-Scoreboard library.
• TomHammond on Thingiverse for designing and sharing the panel housing.
• The rpi-rgb-led-matrix developers: Their library helps us control our LED panels so, so easily.