/Newt_Display

An Arduino library for the Phambili Newt - a low power smart display

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Newt Display Arduino Library

Newt

Newt is a battery-powered, always-on, wall-mountable display that can go online to retrieve weather, calendars, sports scores, to-do lists, quotes…really anything on the Internet! It is powered by an ESP32-S2 microcontroller that you can program with Arduino, CircuitPython, MicroPython, or ESP-IDF.

This library includes the source code used in the Newt display. You can modify this code to customize Newt.

You can read more about Newt at https://phambili.tech/newt

Planned Enhancement/Fixes/Fixes for next release

Version 1.1.0- RC1

All - you can now download version 1.1.0-RC1 for manual testing. We've added a ton of new features. I'm in the process of writing up the official documentation, but at a high level:

  • New API for alerts (beta)
  • New API for riddles/brainteasers
  • Major change in weather API (new provider and additional weather details)
    • UV
    • Sunrise/sunset
    • Humidity
    • Feels like weather
  • Updated settings options:
    • 12/24 Hour clock
    • Nighttime screen mode
    • more Settings details
    • Quote or Weather (or rotating) main screen
    • Imperial or Metric units
  • Hello World Arduino example that explains how do:
    • Write to the screen
    • Enable the touchpads
    • Emit a beep from the device

You can find instructions for manual download here-> #37

Version 1.1.0+ - roadmap

  • change timezone
  • change location
  • icon documentation
  • service-side code docuumentation

License Information

This product is open source!

Please review the LICENSE.md file for license information.

Distributed as-is; no warranty is given.