OUR EXPERT
Les Pounder is associate editor at Tom’s Hardware and a freelance maker for hire. He blogs about his adventures and projects at bigl.es.
YOU NEED
> Any Pi
> Raspberry Pi OS
> Pimoroni Micro Dot pHAT
> Get the code: https://github.com/lesp/LXFMicro-Dot-News/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Lately there’s been a lot of news – some good, most of it bad. And to keep up with the constant series of events and developments from around the world we constantly check our devices… but what if a Raspberry Pi could give you the news headlines every five minutes? This project uses Pimoroni’s Micro Dot pHAT to scroll the news across the vibrant red displays, keeping you up to date.
Micro Dot