Tingo

AdaFruit NeoPixel controller for Raspberry Pi with MQTT

Prerequisites

• A Raspberry Pi (Any model with internet connectivity)
• The rpi_ws281x library by Jeremy Garff
• NeoPixel compatible LEDs
• An MQTT Broker (I would suggest Mosquitto)

Setup

• Download and install the rpi_ws281x library
• Download Tingo
  • Clone this repo: git clone https://github.com/RajatJacob/tingo.git
  • or dowload the source code of the latest release (.ZIP) or (.TAR.GZ).

cd tingo/
python setup.py

• Enter the details of your MQTT broker.

  • IP Address/Hostname
  • Port
  • Username
  • Password

• Enter the details of the client

  • Client ID
  • Device type (ws281x)
  • GPIO pin to contol

• (Optional)

  • Create a global symlink of the bash script.

cd tingo/
sudo ln tingo /usr/bin/tingo

Usage

tingo {start|stop|restart|update}

• tingo start
  • Start Tingo. (or create a new instance of Tingo - Not recommended)
• tingo stop
  • Stop all running instances of Tingo.
• tingo restart
  • Restart Tingo all stop all extra running instances.
• tingo update
  • Get updates from GitHub and restart Tingo.