Matrix

Video game console operating system that displays on a 16*9 RGB LED matrix.

Existing softwares

	Name	Description
	Demo	A demo software that uses all drivers from the SDK.
	Yumyum	Eat all the candies with your monster to win the game.
	Clock	What time is it?
	Zigzag	Turn left then right, eat candies but not yourself.
	Draw	For those who like pixel art.
	Device	The Device software allows you to change the luminosity of the LEDs.
	Blocks	A puzzle game, score a maximum of points by clearing complete lines.
	Getout	A labyrinth game, try to get out if you can.
	Rollup dice	Roll two dice, press A for a new throw.
	Animate	Player for animations generated with Glediator (http://www.solderlab.de/index.php/software/glediator).
	Light	Simple software to generate mood light.

Matrix types

There are 3 main types that exists in Matrix's sdk:

• A display receives a live stream of frames from core.
• A player sends actions for a slot to core, an action is a button press/release event.
• A software receives player's actions from core and use sdk's rendering features to generate frames in Matrix core.

Matrix components

Name	Description
Core	The heart of the Matrix system that managed software's lifecycle. All softwares, players and displays are connected to core.
Device	The component that interacts with usb controllers and Arduino.
Gamepad	A web application that contains a virtual controller with display.
Emulator	A web application built for development purpose. It displays Matrix main screen and player's screens.

Install

Matrix runs on a Raspberry Pi. On a Pi 2 or later there is a .deb in the releases that installs a service starting at boot; ARMv6 boards get an SD card staged by a script. Either way the Arduino has to be flashed first.

• Installing matrix
• Installing on an ARMv6 board, with Alpine
• Flashing the Arduino

All components can run on the Pi, but any software can equally run on your desk against a remote core with --core-uri.

Contributing

See development.md for the development setup, the checks and how the release artifacts are built.