Weather Display on e-Paper Using Raspberry Pi

Introduction

Continue from the previous tutorial, now we will make the weather display on e-paper using Raspberry Pi. The data will be obtained from openweathermap.org.

Video

This video shows how to create weather display on e-paper using Raspberry Pi.

Hardware Preparation

This is the list of items used in the video.

• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (2GB) or
• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB) or
• Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (8GB)
• Raspberry Pi Approved MakerDisk microSD Card with RPi OS
• e-Paper Driver HAT
• 2.9" Tri-color e-Paper
• Official RPi USB-C Adapter

Sample Program

This is python3 sample program to display weather data (from openweathermap.org) on e-paper using Raspberry Pi. You may need to install meteocons font with following command:

curl --remote-name https://www.alessioatzeni.com/meteocons/res/download/meteocons-font.zip && unzip meteocons-font.zip

Thank You

References:

• Raspberry Pi E-Ink Weather Station using Python

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