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Set up a Raspberry Pi to load a web dashboard

Dashboards on Raspberry Pi

curl -L 'http://git.io/h1iuxQ' | sh
#!/usr/bin bash
PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE="/etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart"
PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE="/home/pi/dashboard_boot.sh"
sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y # Update the Pi
sudo apt-get install chromium # Get Chromium
sudo apt-get install x11-xserver-utils # Get x11 server utils
sudo apt-get install unclutter # Unclutter hides the mouse
sudo echo '@xset s off' >> $PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE # Turn off screensaver
sudo echo '@xset -dpms' >> $PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE # Turn off power saving
sudo echo '@xset s noblank' >> $PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE # Disable screen blanking
sudo echo $PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE >> $PI_DASH_CONFIG_FILE # run script to load dashboard
echo '#!/usr/bin bash' > $PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE
echo 'chromium-browser --kiosk --new-window http://mydashboard.mysite.com/' >> $PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE
echo "Modify $PI_DASH_BOOT_FILE to change which webpage to load at boot"
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