LedBorg - An ultra bright RGB LED add on board for your Raspberry Pi

This page is for the old driver based installation which uses scripts requiring a driver.
If you want to use the new driver free based examples go here.

Examples of what you can do with an LedBorg.
Click here to find or share examples from others.

Python

Press CTRL+C to terminate these scripts, repeat the final command to re-run them.

Random Colours

Script to make your LedBorg pick random colours at a regular interval.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O random-colours.py http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/random-colours.txt
chmod +x random-colours.py
~/random-colours.py

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/random-colours.txt

Sequence

Script to make your LedBorg run a preset sequence of colours at a regular interval.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O sequence.py http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/sequence.txt
chmod +x sequence.py
~/sequence.py

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/sequence.txt

CheerLights

Script to make your LedBorg part of the CheerLights project (found here).
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O ledborg-cheerlights.py http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/cheerlights.txt
chmod +x ledborg-cheerlights.py
~/ledborg-cheerlights.py

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/cheerlights.txt

User Colours

More advanced script which provides a user menu and responds to key presses.
Demonstrates both reading and writing with the device.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O user-colours.py http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/user-colours.txt
chmod +x user-colours.py
~/user-colours.py

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/user-colours.txt

Bash

Press CTRL+C to terminate these scripts, repeat the final command to re-run them.

Random Colours

Script to make your LedBorg pick random colours at a regular interval.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O random-colours.sh http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/random-colours.sh.txt
chmod +x random-colours.sh
~/random-colours.sh

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/random-colours.sh.txt

Sequence

Script to make your LedBorg run a preset sequence of colours at a regular interval.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O sequence.sh http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/sequence.sh.txt
chmod +x sequence.sh
~/sequence.sh

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/sequence.sh.txt

CheerLights

Script to make your LedBorg part of the CheerLights project (found here).
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O ledborg-cheerlights.sh http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/cheerlights.sh.txt
chmod +x ledborg-cheerlights.sh
~/ledborg-cheerlights.sh

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/cheerlights.sh.txt

User Colours

More advanced script which provides a user menu and responds to key presses.
Demonstrates both reading and writing with the device.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O user-colours.sh http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/user-colours.sh.txt
chmod +x user-colours.sh
~/user-colours.sh

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/user-colours.sh.txt

Perl

Press CTRL+C to terminate these scripts, repeat the final command to re-run them.

Random Colours

Script to make your LedBorg pick random colours at a regular interval.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O random-colours.pl http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/random-colours.pl.txt
chmod +x random-colours.pl
~/random-colours.pl

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/random-colours.pl.txt

Sequence

Script to make your LedBorg run a preset sequence of colours at a regular interval.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

cd ~
wget -O sequence.pl http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/sequence.pl.txt
chmod +x sequence.pl
~/sequence.pl

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/sequence.pl.txt

CheerLights

Script to make your LedBorg part of the CheerLights project (found here).
These instructions will install the LWP modules for fetching data from a URL via repository.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

sudo apt-get -y install libwww-perl
cd ~
wget -O ledborg-cheerlights.pl http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/cheerlights.pl.txt
chmod +x ledborg-cheerlights.pl
~/ledborg-cheerlights.pl

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/cheerlights.pl.txt

User Colours

More advanced script which provides a user menu and responds to key presses.
Demonstrates both reading and writing with the device.
These instructions will install the ReadKey module for getting user input via repository.
To get and run this script type the following into a terminal:

sudo apt-get -y install libterm-readkey-perl
cd ~
wget -O user-colours.pl http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/user-colours.pl.txt
chmod +x user-colours.pl
~/user-colours.pl

Manually download script here: http://www.piborg.org/downloads/ledborg/user-colours.pl.txt

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