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    Assemble a Micro Dot pHAT news ticker

    Mar 08, 2022 4 minutes

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    Les Pounder is associate editor at Tom’s Hardware and a freelance maker for hire. He blogs about his adventures and projects at bigl.es.

    YOU NEED

    > Any Pi

    > Raspberry Pi OS

    > Pimoroni Micro Dot pHAT

    > Get the code: https://github.com/lesp/LXFMicro-Dot-News/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

    Lately there’s been a lot of news – some good, most of it bad. And to keep up with the constant series of events and developments from around the world we constantly check our devices… but what if a Raspberry Pi could give you the news headlines every five minutes? This project uses Pimoroni’s Micro Dot pHAT to scroll the news across the vibrant red displays, keeping you up

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