# Advice for First Time Programming 64x32 Panel With Raspberry Pi 4

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**Created:** [May 26, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/t/advice-for-first-time-programming-64x32-panel-with-raspberry-pi-4/225 "2021-05-26T13:35:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![annapanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@annapanda](https://rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/u/annapanda)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/t/advice-for-first-time-programming-64x32-panel-with-raspberry-pi-4/225/1 "2021-05-26T13:35:31Z")

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Hi everyone,

Just for context: I have never done any programming with a Raspberry Pi before. I am a programmer though. I’m in my last year of my computer science degree– so I’m not new to programming, just this specific topic.

I am working on programming a 64x32 P5 panel with a Pi 4. I wired it myself and I’m not using a bonnet or HAT. A lot of the tutorials I’m seeing are for 16x32 panels. I’m not sure if they apply to this panel and/or what I need to change to get them to work for my panel. I tried this code: [GitHub - Boomerific/rpi-rgb-led-matrix: Controlling a 16x32 RGB LED display using Raspberry Pi GPIO](https://github.com/Boomerific/rpi-rgb-led-matrix) but it doesn’t seem to work and again, I’m not sure if I need to change it to work with my specific board or if maybe I wired something wrong and that’s why (I’m NOT an engineer lol).

Keep in mind I have no Pi experience or LED matrix experience so any help or resources you can offer would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![marcmerlin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/marcmerlin/32/40_2.png) [@marcmerlin](https://rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/u/marcmerlin)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/t/advice-for-first-time-programming-64x32-panel-with-raspberry-pi-4/225/2 "2021-05-26T18:00:13Z")

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Hi, to set expectations, you might want to get basic Pi programming experience first (maybe on an adafruit board), you may not get this kind of help here

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Wambo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/joe_wambo/32/142_2.png) [@Joe\_Wambo](https://rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/u/Joe_Wambo)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://rpi-rgb-led-matrix.discourse.group/t/advice-for-first-time-programming-64x32-panel-with-raspberry-pi-4/225/3 "2021-09-14T13:11:02Z")

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Dear Annapanda,

I’ve just joined this forum and I’m a newbie to LED panel programming, however I have the same initial requirements: 64x32 panel (P2.5 however) and not using the HUB75 connector to connect to a Raspi 4B. The cables look a bit weird, but at least it works. I’m using an Ubuntu 21.04 server distribution and was able to compile and run the examples provided with the command e.g.:  
sudo ./demo -D1 --led-rows=32 --led-cols=64 --led-no-hardware-pulse runtext.ppm  
as in outlined picture.  
conclusion: your board should work with the wiring outlined here - go for the smiley’s, as you have just one LED matrix module:

> <https://github.com/hzeller/rpi-rgb-led-matrix/blob/master/wiring.md>

 ![P2.5-160x80mm-64x32px-LED-Panel-1st-test](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/rpi_rgb_led_matrix/original/1X/f0e4486aeb31b0adc6e205a2a1f7a0d32a10ad10.jpeg)