Home e-paper display

Turn a Waveshare 7.5inch e-Paper HAT (B) and an internet connected Raspberry Pi into a simple home dashboard.

Setup

Sorry, Python 2 right now, because the Waveshare code is Python 2 only.

On PC / Mac

virtualenv env
env/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt

Next, create a config.py file containing values for at least the following configuration fields:

• DARKSKY_API_FIELD: a key for the Dark Sky Weather API. Alternatively, remove the weather widget in visualization.py
• CALENDAR_ICS_URL: a URL to an iCal file for the calendar widget.

Additionally, the code currently assumes you're using the Tahoma font stored in non-free-fonts/Tahoma.ttf. You can copy Tahoma to that location (license issues forbid me to bundle it), or you can configure a different font with the MAIN_FONT_FILE configuration key.

Running env/bin/python visualization.py will show a preview of what should soon be shown on your fancy e-ink display.

The real deal

Follow these instructions to get your Raspberry Pi in shape.

Copy the code to your Pi, follow the same setup procedure as above and try and run env/bin/python update.py as a superuser. The display should update!

Next, set up a cron job to run the command (mine is set to update every 10 minutes), and you're done!