destination_board

The boy likes buses and there exists (for a significant price) destination boards that can show any bus or train departures

So I wrote one for him in Python that accesses data from the local bus company and displays it in the style of a dot matrix departure board

Unless you live in Brighton this is probably not of immediate use

Notes

The font used is TEXASLED.TTF
config.yaml contains the list of stops we are interested in with a display name
fake_touch in settings is used to get pygame working with a touch screen (hides the mouse)

Create a file called start.sh where you have installed the project, /home/peter/Documents/fred in this case

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/peter/Documents/fred
python3 destination_board.py > /dev/null

Create destination.desktop in /home/peter/.config/autostart

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Brighton Buses Destinations
Exec=/home/peter/Documents/fred/start.sh
StartupNotify=true

Reboot and you should be good