DIY-Emu-Black-Dash-Rpi5

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Raspberry pi 5 4Gb based digital dash working with Ecumaster Emu Black

Based on: https://github.com/valtsu23/DIY-Emu-Black-Dash

• Setup is pretty close to above. Excpect: install the Neopixel SPI library, setup the rtc battery (guide on Raspberry Pi homepage) and don't overclock.
• Hardware remains the same, expect the rtc, which is Rpi5:s internal with official rtc battery

Software differences

• HardwarePWM uses different channel and different chip (wiring remains the same)
• Standard Adafruit Neopixel library won't work with Rpi5, so I'm using Neopixel SPI library: https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_NeoPixel_SPI
• Because of the Neopixel SPI library usage there is no need to run the code with Sudo
• You also need to add this line to the config.txt: dtoverlay=spi1-1cs,cs0_pin=16

Performance

• Python program is pretty light (cpu usage usually less than 10% and memory usage less than 200Mb on the whole system)
• Boot time is under 15s, so few seconds better than with Rpi 4
• Active cooler was needed (using the official Rpi 5 cooler)