I choose to use the Raspberry Pi 3 - Model B for my Christmas light display. This was the most recent Raspberry Pi available when ordering the components for my show. I like the newly integrated WiFi chip, so you no longer need to purchase a separate USB WiFi dongle. I went with a Samsung 32GB Micro SD card for the operating system and a 16GB SanDisk USB flash drive for the Media. It is important not to get too large of capacity drives. All drives need to be re-formatted to FAT32 and this cannot be done with the larger drives.
I am going to use the Falcon Pixel Controller - F16v3 to run the pixels for my display. The board has been shipped and I am waiting for its arrival. In preparation of the F16v3, I have installed the most recent version of the Falcon player software.
Instruction for setting up the Falcon player software on the Raspberry Pi can be found in the Falcon Christmas Form:
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