QLC+ Raspberry Pi Image

QLC+ on the Raspberry Pi

Thanks to the donation of a QLC+ user, a challenging task has been started back in November 2013 to offer a very cheap (around $40) and easily portable solution for controlling lights.

Please note: normally you will receive an email within 24 hours from the donation. This is not an automated service. Check also your spam and advertisement folders to avoid missing the email (especially @hotmail and @outlook accounts).

Features in a nutshell

• Supports every 64bit Raspberry Pi model (3, 4, 400, 5 and Zero 2W)
• A Linux system based on RaspiOS Bookworm, with a 6.6 kernel and optimized for the ARM64 architecture
• Just 120MB of RAM used when QLC+ is running
• Minimal software image that fits into a SD card with a size of just 4GB and still leaves around 1.5GB of free space
• Powered by Qt 5.15.2 directly running on OpenGL for fast 2D rendering of the User Interface. An X server is not present in the image.
• Web interface access, including all the network settings to use a wired or wireless network
• All the QLC+ plugins are available in this version, including OLA, UART, GPIO and a powerful SPI plugin to natively control LED strips and RGB LED Panels
• Boots in about 30 seconds on a RPi 5
• They start automatically in operate mode and with web access activated.
• It is possible to define a project to be loaded and started at boot time.

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