Mirror of https://github.com/fin-tic/fintic (private repo) This is the software that runs on the raspberry pi 3 inside a fintic.io device.
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fintic

Install instructions

Run these commands in the directory you want to put the app and press enter during the setup whenever it asks for confirmation

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/zcqsntr/fintic --recursive

cd fintic
./setup.shsudo raspi-config

Now to turn off the audio circuit open the config file with

sudo nano /boot/config.txt

look for the dtparam=audio option and turn it to off, the line should look like this:

dtparam=audio=off

then reboot the pi with

sudo reboot now

Set to run at startup

Open rc.local

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

add this just before the exit line, don't forget the ampersand at the end!

python3 &

Change the hostname

To change the hostname (URL used to access the server) first open config

sudo raspi-config

Then go to system options -> hostname and change it to e.g. fintic

You then connect to the server using the url fintic.local

Run instructions

python3 server.py

in broswer go to url http://raspberrypi.local:1024

Notes

To conver bdf font to pil format do pilfont.py pillow v 5.4.1 works, but version 8.2.0 breaks