Bitcoin Ticker Raspberry Pi Zero and Max 7219 LED Matrix

BITCOIN TICKER using a Raspberry Pi Zero W and a MAX7219 LED MATRIX 4 IN 1

I’ve been interested in cryptocurrency for a while and wanted an easy way to check on the price of Bitcoin. After a bit of a search, I picked up on a few ideas from other people and come up with my own take on producing a Bitcoin ticker. The project is based on a Raspberry Pi Zero W; a single board £10 computer and a Max7219 4in1 (8x8led, 4off module) display which is used to display the Bitcoin information of your choosing from here: https://bitcoinblockhalf.com

Basically, what you will be creating is a Raspberry Pi "looking" at a web site that contains just about everything you need to know about Bitcoin apart from if its going to crash or when it will break the $100,000 barrier! This information will be displayed on the Max7219 LED Matrix in a scrolling manner.

You will need to follow the writeup on my Google drive as I’m only allowed 5000 characters on YouTube and I’ve gone over that! Sorry..

Follow my tutorial on my Google drive linked here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19RTkMWL_x1vDy2bA7iAydagGcyaRaBuQ?usp=sharing

All this information is based on a Windows 10 machine and I have used Note++ throughout. Using anything else, I have found, can alter the formatting of the document and cause issues.

I have assumed you are familiar with Windows and "Pi". I was not and it was a steep learning curve! But I worked it out. So can you. Please have a go yourself as I have spent many, many hours getting to where I am now with this setup, and it works!

Let me know if you find any error on the project and I'll correct them ASAP. Thanks.

Links to my Google drive and other resources that helped me with this project:

My Google drive link for this project: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19RTkMWL_x1vDy2bA7iAydagGcyaRaBuQ?usp=sharing

Bitcoin information gathered from here https://bitcoinblockhalf.com Useful Max 7219 information https://luma-led-matrix.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html Bitcoin bar on GitHub https://github.com/jonathanrjpereira/Bitcoin-Bar Raspberry Pi software https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/#raspberry-pi-os-32-bit Raspberry Pi imager https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/ Banggood for Max 7219 https://www.banggood.com/custlink/GKKdjaJ7ht The PiHut for Pi Zero W https://thepihut.com/collections/raspberry-pi/products/raspberry-pi-zero-w eBay for printed case https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274670747024 Banggood plastic bolts etc https://www.banggood.com/custlink/GvGhOOZQWM Banggood cables https://www.banggood.com/custlink/GvmhLOZAV3 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Mn9h46DsY