PI Firestick

Simple project to make your Raspberry pi capible of being a conroller for the Amazon Firestick.

Insperation

IR Circuit: https://blog.gordonturner.com/2020/05/31/raspberry-pi-ir-receiver/

Bluetooth: https://impythonist.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/emulate-a-bluetooth-keyboard-with-the-raspberry-pi/

Requirements

(If we are using the IR remote...)

Install the pigpio:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pigpio python-pigpio python3-pigpio
sudo systemctl enable pigpiod

Install LCD libraries

sudo ./setup-lcd.sh

Install python requirements

pip3 install -r requirments.txt

Usage

Before anything else, you need to start the pigpiod dameon

sudo pigpiod

Record IR codes for your TV:

python3 -u main.py read

Installing the service

If you want to have the remote startup, copy the service file to your local services:

sudo cp pifirestick.service /etc/systemd/system/pifirestick.service
sudo systemctl enable pifirestick.service