Raspberry Pi digital signage
The affordable, simple and effective way to give any existing display digital signage capabilities.
What is a Raspberry Pi?
A Raspberry Pi is a small computer with surprising performance. Since 2012 it has improved with every iteration while the price stays low. The latest model, the Raspberry Pi 5, costs about €70. In a box the size of a deck of cards you get USB ports, an ethernet adapter and a (micro)HDMI output.
Lumicast offers various options to set up a Raspberry Pi as a digital signage player. In practice, this little device proves to be more than sufficient in most cases.
Why it's a great signage player
The specifications packed into the small board make it a very suitable player for a digital signage or narrowcasting setup. After optimizing the Lumicast integration and testing it extensively, we can say with certainty: it works perfectly for most purposes.
Installing is easy too: we offer a ready-to-use operating system image, making it a matter of "plug 'n play". Or just download the player itself and install it on the Pi.
Why run digital signage on a Raspberry Pi?
Reliable
Raspberry Pi's are very reliable and can easily run your content 24/7.
Efficient
The Raspberry Pi uses very little power, saving on energy costs.
Affordable
An affordable way to give an existing display a new purpose.
Compact
Because the Pi is small, it's easy to hide behind a display.
USB sticks don't scale
Many companies have displays here and there showing an image or PowerPoint uploaded via USB stick. It works, until it doesn't. Content gets stale, and updating it becomes more work with every display you add in every new location.
Lumicast + Raspberry Pi
Place a Raspberry Pi behind each display and equip it with Lumicast. Changes you make appear on every display in real time, from wherever you are. And apps unlock content that was simply impossible before.
Supported Raspberry Pi models
Our OS image ships with everything pre-installed: flash it, boot, and Lumicast appears at startup. It works on these models:
We also offer an AppImage for Linux ARM64 and ARMv7l, so you can set up your own installation and potentially support other models.
Install Lumicast on a Raspberry Pi
Two ways to install. Pick what fits you best.
OS image
The easiest way to install Lumicast on a Raspberry Pi: download the OS image, flash it, and you're done.
Read the guide →AppImage
For advanced users who want to install on a Raspberry Pi that's not in the supported models list, or on their own OS setup.
Read the guide →Which Raspberry Pi model should I buy?
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Give your displays a new purpose.
Pair a Raspberry Pi with Lumicast and run your first display in minutes.