UniRpiDeck for Raspberry Pi powered by Unihiker M10

I was working on my Raspberry Pi 500+ and initially I wanted to configure it into something like a Linux-based macOS setup. I wanted to set it up to operate like a Linux-based macOS system. That was not very successful. I tried a few different strategies, but they weren't producing the desired results. After that second try, I reasoned that perhaps I should just use it to create something useful. Alright, maybe I should just use it to build something useful. I discovered that the Pi keyboard's keyboard LEDs only have a few built in modes while investigating the system. While researching the system, In essence, you had to manually access configurations or execute commands each time. So I started looking into the keyboard configuration tools. I found some command line options related to keyboard firmware and LED modes. I then started experimenting, running commands, testing different values, and trying to understand what each mode actually did. There was a great deal of trial and error. I tried each one separately until I grasped how the different modes brightness, colors, effects, and the keyboard's real reactions to those commands operated. Then it came to him. Instead of manually running commands every time I want to adjust the keyboard lighting, why not design something that uses a touch interface? Whynot createsomething that uses a touch interface tocontrol it? Something simple. I discovered at that moment that it could also display system statistics. system statistics Monitoring experiments experiments and some LLM workloads on the Pi, so keeping an eye on system load matters. system load is important because of AI experiments and some LLM workloads on the Pi. Additionally, I already owned a Unihiker M10, a tiny touchscreen board that is excellent with Python. Unihiker M10. a simple control panel. basic control panel. I therefore linked the concepts. A Python server is run in the terminal on the Raspberry Pi. Python server in the terminal. A Python dashboard UI is used by the unihiker. When both devices are linked to the same Wi-Fi network, the unihiker merely sends HTTP requests to the Pi. Consequently, when I run the dashboard on the Unihiker, it automatically connects to the Pi server, making everything interactive.

I am now able to:

• Check CPU usage• view RAM usage.• View the temperature of the system• alter the LED colors on the keyboard.• change the lighting effects• Modify the lighting• reboot or shut down the Pi

And everything happens with just one touch on the screen And all of this is accomplished with a single touch on the screen. No more editing configurations, opening terminal windows, or repeatedly executing commands. The whole thing ended up taking a while to get right, especially since everything is pure Python, and getting UI plus networking plus hardware control working smoothly isn’t always trivial. But now it functions just as I had hoped. I simply launch the server on the Pi, launch the dashboard on the unihiker, and it establishes an automatic Wi-Fi connection. Just a neat little control panel for the Pi, no cables, no cluttered setup.