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Hardware Setup
Oliver Thomas edited this page Jun 27, 2025
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- Product information on Raspberry Pi's web site
- Other versions of the Pi 3 as well as the Pi 4 and Pi 5 should work fine
- The code is very lightweight - we use the Pi 3 for its lower cost and lower heat dissipation requirements
- Official Raspberry Pi Touch Display Product Page
- Other touch displays may work as well; display size and aspect ratio can be adjusted in the code
- Smarti Pi Touch Pro Case Manufacturer Page
- We currently use this case, but there is of course a lot of choice in cases out there, including printing your own
- A power adapter that can power both the Raspberry Pi and the display
- We use CanaKit 5V 2.5A power supplies
- We use HID OMNIKEY 5427 series readers as that's what's in use on our campus for non-security card readers
- Any reader that (a) is configured for the cards you need to read and (b) can connect via USB-A and act like a keyboard device will work
- You will need to adapt the code to process the card IDs or security tokens sent by your reader