diff --git a/draft/overlay/zeroseg.txt b/draft/overlay/zeroseg.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1b7c69 --- /dev/null +++ b/draft/overlay/zeroseg.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ + +#ZeroSeg + +The ZeroSeg is an easy to use 8-character 7-segment display add-on board for your Raspberry Pi Zero or any other 40-pin Raspberry Pi model. + +ZeroSeg has the ability to display 8 characters, data such as the time, date, counters, stock prices, sports scores and more making it very +usefull for projects of all shapes and sizes. + +The displays are controlled by a MAX7219CNG integrated circuit, which manages each LED segment, requiring very few GPIO pins to run the board. this boards circuit is wired in the exact same way as generic 7-segment modules, allowing the use of existing code and libraries to easily create Pi Zero projects with 8-character displays. + + +To install first enable SPI and update your pi then: + +```bash +sudo apt-get install git build-essential python-dev python-pip +git clone https://github.com/AverageManVsPi/ZeroSeg.git +cd zeroseg +sudo python setup.py install +sudo pip install spidev +``` +