Need to upgrade `rpi_ws281x` to support Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2

[JGreenlee]

• I confirm that this is an issue rather than a question.

Bug report

I have an older Pi that I thought I could use for Hyperion but it's giving this error:

2025-10-01T16:39:29.576Z [LEDDEVICE|First LED Hardware instance] (ERROR) Device disabled, device 'ws281x' signals error: 'Failed to open. Error message: Hardware revision is not supported'

I believe this is fixed in the rpi_ws281x project since last year: jgarff/rpi_ws281x#536
But it appears this project uses an older version from 2 years ago

Steps to reproduce

Install hyperion stable via curl on Pi 3 B Rev 1.2
Set driver to ws281x, using GPIO18

What is expected?

LEDs controlled and no errors

What is actually happening?

LEDs not controlled and error shows in logs

System

Hyperion Server:
- Build:             LordGrey-bde49a8/26fd6d8-1749918223
- Build time:        Jun 25 2025 18:25:23
- Build type:        Release
- Git Remote:        https://github.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng
- Version:           2.1.1
- UI Lang:           en (BrowserLang: en-US)
- UI Access:         default
- Avail Screen Cap.: dispmanx,framebuffer,qt
- Avail Video  Cap.: v4l2
- Avail Audio  Cap.: audio
- Avail Services:    boblight,cec,effectengine,forwarder,flatbuffer,protobuffer,mDNS,SSDP,borderdetection
- Config database:   /root/.hyperion/db/hyperion.db
- Database:          read/write
- Mode:              Non-GUI

Hyperion Server OS:
- Distribution:      Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
- Architecture:      arm64
- CPU Type:          Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2
- CPU Revision:      a52082
- Kernel:            linux (6.12.34+rpt-rpi-v8 (WS: 64))
- Root/Admin:        true
- Qt Version:        6.4.2
- Python Version:    3.11.2
- Browser:           Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:143.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/143.