Welcome to Smart Unicorn

Smart Unicorn is an micro-python based firmware based on the Pimoroni-Pico firmware for the Galactic Unicorn rgb matrix display.

Theoretically, this firmware should also work on other matrix displays with a few adjustments. However, I have not tried this yet. If someone has tested this, I appreciate your feedback.

The firmware is currently still at alpha stage. I am always happy to receive feedback and support.

• Wifi integration
• Clock app
• Night-Mode app
• Live Weather app
• Configurable and automatic app switch

• Webserver
• Setup page
• Config page
• Next train / bus app
• Current date app

Currently there is no complete bundle and the Pimoroni-Pico firmware still has to be installed on its own. I will optimize this in the future. After installing the base firmware, this project must be checked out and then transferred to the Raspberry Pi Pico.

Afterwards, a secrets folder must be created in the root directory:

mkdir secrets

Create the needed config file

touch secrets/weather_config.py

Add the following constants to the weather_config.py

LAT: float = YOUR_LAT_VALUE
LON: float = YOUR_LON_VALUE

Create the needed config file

touch secrets/wifi_config.py

Add the following constants to the wifi_config.py

SSID: str = "YOUR_SSID"
WIFI_PW: str = "YOUR_WIFI_PW"

NOTE: Without an active internet connection this firmware does not work at the moment.

Some functions of this firmware can be customized like the display brightness. Currently the variables for this are in the constants.py.

This firmware uses error codes to inform you about an error. This list contains all available error codes with an explanation of the error: