This application is built to run on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (but could run on most other Raspberry Pis) and the Pimoroni HyperPixel 4.0 - Touch display. It can be housed in this 3D printed enclosure.
Flash your SD Card with Raspberry Pi OS (currently tested on Bullseye 32-bit). This "should" have the HyperPixel 4.0 software already installed but check out the Pimoroni GitHub for further details.
Set up the Raspberry Pi as you normally would and connect it to the internet. Plugging in an external display and keyboard may be the best approach.
Follow the guide on the Pimoroni GitHub page for detailed steps.
I found adding the following to the /boot/config.txt file had the best results.
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-dpi-hyperpixel4
dtparam=rotate=270,touchscreen-swapped-x-y,touchscreen-inverted-x
Then create a new file,
sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/270-monitor.conf
with the following contents,
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DPI-1"
Option "Rotate" "left"
EndSection
Courtesy of jacyhung on the Pimoroni GitHub page.
Based on the steps found here we can set up the Raspberry Pi in "Kiosk Mode".
We will use Midori Browser since it has the best performance, on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, of the browsers that I tested.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y midori matchbox unclutter
Create a starting script
nano start-midori.sh
And add the following content. Further clarification on what each step does can be found at the original source
#!/bin/sh
xset -dpms
xset s off
xset s noblank
unclutter &
matchbox-window-manager &
midori -e Fullscreen https://traintracking.nickleslie.dev/ # Change this if you are hosting it yourself
Test it by running sudo xinit ./startMidori.sh. If you run into issues then try sudo xinit ./startMidori.sh -- :1.
Add the script to the rc.local file by running sudo nano /etc/rc.local and adding the following,
sudo xinit /home/pi/start-midori.sh &
Run sudo reboot and you're done.
Instructions to come