/bitcoin-ticker

Display bitcoin.de exchange rate on the PaPiRus ePaper display with Raspberry Pi.

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Bitcoin Ticker

Display bitcoin.de exchange rate on the PaPiRus ePaper display with Raspberry Pi.

Auto Startup

  1. Install screen:
sudo apt-get install screen
  1. Create a startup script at /home/pi/startup:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# run ticker in a screen
screen -dmS ticker /home/pi/bitcoin-ticker/ticker.py
  1. Add the following line to /etc/rc.local just before exit 0:
# Run startup script as user pi
su - pi /home/pi/startup
  1. Restart the Pi with sudo reboot.

After connecting (ssh pi@raspberrypi.local), you can check that the screen is running with screen -ls.
You can attach to it with screen -r and detach with ctrl+a and then d.