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Chuck
4f126d6133 chore(deps): update rpi-rgb-led-matrix install for new scikit-build-core system
The library migrated from 'make build-python' + 'pip install bindings/python'
to a scikit-build-core + cmake build where the entire repo root is pip-
installable via 'pip install .'. Update first_time_install.sh accordingly:
- Remove the 'make build-python' step (target no longer exists)
- Install directly from the repo root instead of bindings/python
- Replace build deps: remove cython3/scons/python3-dev, add python-dev-is-python3

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-15 11:29:33 -04:00
Chuck
5dde1125e9 chore(deps): update rpi-rgb-led-matrix to latest upstream for Pi 5 support
Configure submodule to track upstream master branch (branch = master in
.gitmodules) so future updates are a single 'git submodule update --remote'
rather than manual SHA management.

Update first_time_install.sh to use --remote flag so fresh installs always
pull the current upstream master, not the commit recorded at clone time.

Current upstream HEAD (8907235) brings:
- PR #1886: Raspberry Pi 5 support — new RP1 PIO and RIO backends. The
  library auto-detects Pi 5 hardware at runtime; no config change required
  for basic operation. adafruit-hat-pwm is confirmed supported on Pi 5.
- PR #1833: setup.py migrated from distutils → setuptools, fixing Python
  3.12+ build failure (Pi runs Python 3.13). Previous version could not
  build the bindings at all on current Pi OS.

Expose new rp1_rio option in display_manager.py and config.template.json:
  0 (default) = PIO mode — uses Pi 5 RP1 coprocessor, minimal CPU usage
  1 = RIO mode — Registered IO, faster throughput, higher CPU; note that
      gpio_slowdown has inverted effect in this mode

No API changes to RGBMatrix, RGBMatrixOptions, or FrameCanvas. Pi 4 and
earlier hardware is unaffected — rp1_rio is silently ignored on non-Pi-5.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-15 11:22:33 -04:00
5 changed files with 16 additions and 17 deletions

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.gitmodules vendored
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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
[submodule "rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master"]
path = rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
url = https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git
branch = master

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@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@
"limit_refresh_rate_hz": 100
},
"runtime": {
"gpio_slowdown": 3
"gpio_slowdown": 3,
"rp1_rio": 0
},
"display_durations": {},
"use_short_date_format": true,

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@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ apt_update
# Install required system packages
echo "Installing Python packages and dependencies..."
apt_install python3-pip python3-venv python3-dev python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk build-essential python3-setuptools python3-wheel cython3 scons cmake ninja-build
apt_install python3-pip python3-venv python-dev-is-python3 python3-pil python3-pil.imagetk build-essential python3-setuptools python3-wheel cmake ninja-build
# Install additional system dependencies that might be needed
echo "Installing additional system dependencies..."
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ else
# Try to initialize submodule if .gitmodules exists
if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.gitmodules" ] && grep -q "rpi-rgb-led-matrix" "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.gitmodules"; then
echo "Initializing rpi-rgb-led-matrix submodule..."
if ! git submodule update --init --recursive rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master 2>&1; then
if ! git submodule update --init --remote --recursive rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master 2>&1; then
echo "⚠ Submodule init failed, cloning directly from GitHub..."
git clone https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
fi
@@ -814,27 +814,20 @@ else
cd "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR"
rm -rf rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
if [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.gitmodules" ] && grep -q "rpi-rgb-led-matrix" "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/.gitmodules"; then
git submodule update --init --recursive rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
git submodule update --init --remote --recursive rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
else
git clone https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.git rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master
fi
fi
pushd "$PROJECT_ROOT_DIR/rpi-rgb-led-matrix-master" >/dev/null
echo "Building rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python bindings..."
# Build the library first, then Python bindings
# The build-python target depends on the library being built
if ! make build-python; then
echo "✗ Failed to build rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python bindings"
echo " Make sure you have the required build tools installed:"
echo " sudo apt install -y build-essential python3-dev cython3 scons"
popd >/dev/null
exit 1
fi
cd bindings/python
echo "Installing rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package via pip..."
echo "Installing rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package (scikit-build-core + cmake)..."
echo " Build deps required: python-dev-is-python3 cmake"
echo " This compiles C++ — may take 2-5 minutes on Pi 4/5..."
if ! python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages .; then
echo "✗ Failed to install rpi-rgb-led-matrix Python package"
echo " Ensure build tools are installed:"
echo " sudo apt install -y python-dev-is-python3 cmake build-essential"
popd >/dev/null
exit 1
fi

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@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ class DisplayManager:
options.pwm_dither_bits = hardware_config.get('pwm_dither_bits')
if 'inverse_colors' in hardware_config:
options.inverse_colors = hardware_config.get('inverse_colors')
# Pi 5 only: 0=PIO/RP1 coprocessor (default, less CPU),
# 1=RIO/Registered IO (faster; gpio_slowdown effect is inverted in this mode)
if 'rp1_rio' in runtime_config:
options.rp1_rio = runtime_config.get('rp1_rio')
logger.info(f"Initializing RGB Matrix with settings: rows={options.rows}, cols={options.cols}, chain_length={options.chain_length}, parallel={options.parallel}, hardware_mapping={options.hardware_mapping}")