5V 4A Power Supply for 64x64 or 5V 15A for 128x128
Raspberry Pi (zero - 4) Would recommend a 4 for better peformance
A computer with ssh capability. This can be done by connecting a monitor to the Pi but, it is easier with ssh because you can copy over code from this repository
First, on the Raspberry Pi Bonnet solder the E pad to the 8 pad it should look like this:
Next, solder a jumper wire between GPIO 4 and GPIO 18. This will reduce the flicker. It should look like this:
Next, you want to plug in the power cable and ribbon cable (make sure its the "in" connection" to the led screen like this:
Then, cut off the other end of the power cable and attach to bonnet like this:
Connect ribbon cable to bonnet.
Use the Raspberry Pi Imager to flash Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64/32 bit depending on which Pi is being used) to an SD Card. I would recommend going through the settings to set up a hostname, wifi, username and password, and enable ssh
Insert SD Card in Pi
Plug in the bonnet using the power supply. You can power the raspberry pi seperate or through the bonnet depending on current supply.
Once turned on, if set up properly, you can ssh from another computer using hostname@LOCAL_IP then entering the password. Or, you can attach a monitor and keyboard to setup
LOCAL_IP usally takes the form of 192.168.1.### and can be found on your routers desktop settings as a connected device