wraggster
January 10th, 2014, 00:13
http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/epaperweather.jpg?w=580&h=386 (http://hackaday.com/2014/01/08/from-epaper-badge-to-weather-station/epaperweather/)
[Jeremy Blum] converted his 2013 Open Hardware Summit badge, also known as the BADGEr, into an ePaper weather station (http://www.jeremyblum.com/2014/01/06/epaper-weather-station/). We’ve looked at the 2013 OHS badge in the past (http://hackaday.com/2013/07/29/2013-open-hardware-summit-badge-includes-epaper-display/), and the included open source RePaper display (http://repaper.org/) makes it an interesting platform to hack.
To fetch weather data, the badge is connected to a Raspberry Pi using an FTDI cable. A Python script uses the Python Weather API (https://code.google.com/p/python-weather-api/) to poll for weather data. It then sends a series of commands to the BADGEr using pySerial (http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/) which selects the correct image, and inserts the current weather data. Finally, a cronjob is used to run the script periodically, providing regular weather updates.
If you happen to have one of the badges, [Jeremy] has provided all of the files you’ll need to build your own weather station on Github (https://github.com/sciguy14/Pi-BADGEr-ePaper-Weather-Station). Otherwise, you can take a look at the RePaper project and WyoLum’s eReader Arduino Library (http://wyolum.com/wyolum-ereader-library/) to build your own ePaper project
http://hackaday.com/2014/01/08/from-epaper-badge-to-weather-station/
[Jeremy Blum] converted his 2013 Open Hardware Summit badge, also known as the BADGEr, into an ePaper weather station (http://www.jeremyblum.com/2014/01/06/epaper-weather-station/). We’ve looked at the 2013 OHS badge in the past (http://hackaday.com/2013/07/29/2013-open-hardware-summit-badge-includes-epaper-display/), and the included open source RePaper display (http://repaper.org/) makes it an interesting platform to hack.
To fetch weather data, the badge is connected to a Raspberry Pi using an FTDI cable. A Python script uses the Python Weather API (https://code.google.com/p/python-weather-api/) to poll for weather data. It then sends a series of commands to the BADGEr using pySerial (http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/) which selects the correct image, and inserts the current weather data. Finally, a cronjob is used to run the script periodically, providing regular weather updates.
If you happen to have one of the badges, [Jeremy] has provided all of the files you’ll need to build your own weather station on Github (https://github.com/sciguy14/Pi-BADGEr-ePaper-Weather-Station). Otherwise, you can take a look at the RePaper project and WyoLum’s eReader Arduino Library (http://wyolum.com/wyolum-ereader-library/) to build your own ePaper project
http://hackaday.com/2014/01/08/from-epaper-badge-to-weather-station/