raspi-pygame-countdown
Launch Countdown Timer (version configured for SpaceX DM2 #LaunchAmerica)
Format: ![#LaunchAmerica Countdown]
Super early release of this code.. and.. I'm a bit busy on other launch prep activities to be able to devote a lot of time beyond this release. I built this entirely for my own use - as part of a Launch Watch Party for the SpaceX DM2 mission that I am helping produce.
I'm running this on my own trusty image with Raspbian Stretch-LITE(!!!). I run this as a console application - not using any GUI. It's built to autoscale the output to whatever monitor you are using. It also works nicely on the Official Touchscreen. It looks good on my gear.
Just clone the repo and give it a try I guess. Good Luck!!
Dependancies: Python 2 / Pygame maybe some other stuff too. Hope it installs easy for you!
Fonts
Run the install-fonts.sh bash script (just copies fonts over to /usr/share/fonts/truetype/)
sudo chmod +X install-fonts.sh
sudo ./install-fonts.sh
I install Pygame like this:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pygame
Run it thus:
sudo python countdown.py
Just play around.
Good luck!!!