A robot friend to sit on your desk and scroll the news, weather, or your Twitter feed - it#39;s the Pimoroni Scroll Bot!
The Scroll Bot Kitcombines the Pi Zero W with the newScroll pHAT HDboard, and masquerades as a friendly orange robot, perfect for sitting on your desk or on a shelf. It#39;s ideal for scrolling messages or for simple animations and, of course, it takes advantage of the built-in wireless LAN on thePi Zero W. It#39;ll take around 30 minutes to assemble everything(check out Pimoroni#39;sassembly guidefor details). All you need to add is your own micro-SD card and a USB power supply.
Kit includes:
- Pi Zero W
- Scroll pHAT HD with 17x7 individually dimmable white LEDs
- Male and female 2x20 pin headers
- Orange robot stand and diffuser
- 50cm USB A to micro-B cable
- USB A (female) to micro B (male) adaptor
- Mini to full-size HDMI adaptor
- Sticker sheet (personalize your Scroll Bot!)
- Comes in a reusable kit box
Scroll Bot uses the new Scroll pHAT HD board, a dense matrix of 17x7 (119 total) bright white LEDs. Each pixel#39;s brightness can be controlled individually, meaning that it#39;s possible to create stunning animations or even anti-aliased text. The LED matrix sits behind Scroll Bot#39;s mouth, and the frosted orange acrylic diffuses the LEDs beautifully.
Use the built-in wireless LAN to make your Scroll Bot internet-connected and have him/her/it inform you of the latest news, weather, track hashtags or mentions on Twitter, or much, much more.
Features
- 17x7 matrix of bright white pixels (119 total)
- Individual PWM brightness control of each pixel
- Uses the IS31FL3731 LED matrix driver chip
- 3-layer orange robot stand and diffuser
- Pi Zero W with single core CPU and built-in wireless LAN and Bluetooth
- USB and HDMI adapter kit
- 50cm USB A to micro-B cable (power your Pi from an existing charger or computer)
- Python library
- Female and male headers require soldering