E-paper Weather Display

Raspberry Pi weather display using Waveshare e-paper 7.5 inch display, Open Weather Map API, and Python.

If you like what you see, consider buying me a coffee.

Versions

Version 1.0

• Initial Commit.

Version 1.1

• Switched to more legible icons.

Version 1.2

• Added support for connection errors.
• Added support for HTTP errors.
• Added "dispay_error" fuction to display respective errors if present.

Version 1.3

• Added option to store retreived weather data in CSV file.

Version 1.4

• Updated to use all 480 vertical pixels instead of just 450.

Version 1.5

• Fixed error where "TAKEOUT TRASH TODAY!" was writing in incorrect font size.

Version 1.6

• Increased size of fonts for "Humidity" and "Wind" for better legibility.

Version 1.7

• Added clear screen function to reduce possibility of burn-in.
• Changed refresh time from 300 to 600 seconds.

Setup

1. The first thing you need is a free API key from https://home.openweathermap.org/users/sign_up.
2. Open 'weather.py' and replace **Key Here** with your API key.
3. **Location** can be left as it is unless you want to add it to your display.
4. Get your **longitude** and **lattitude** using I used https://www.latlong.net and put that in as well.
5. Set CSV_OPTION to False if you would not like weather data appended to 'records.csv' after every refresh.
6. There is also a reminder for taking out the trash near the end of the script that you will want to change if your trash pickup doesn't come on Monday and Thursday like mine. :)

That's about it. Run the python file and you should see output on the display.

Note

If you are not using a 7.5 inch Version 2 display, you will want to replace 'epd7in5_V2.py' in the 'lib' folder with whichever one you have from https://github.com/waveshare/e-Paper/tree/master/RaspberryPi%26JetsonNano/python/lib/waveshare_epd
Fairly extensive adjustments will have to be made for other sized screens.

Parts

• https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/7.5inch_e-Paper_HAT
• Raspberry Pi 3, but this will run on any of them except the Pi Zero that doesn't have soldered headers.
• SD card for the Pi at least 8 GB.
• Power supply for the Pi.
• 5 x 7 inch photo frame from a thrift store.

Credit

Icon designs are originally by [Erik Flowers] (https://erikflowers.github.io/weather-icons/). Some icons have been modified.

Licensing

• Weather Icons licensed under [SIL OFL 1.1](http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
• Code licensed under [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
• Documentation licensed under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)