/Raspi_IPDisplay

Display Raspi's local network IP to an Adafruit LCD display - useful on boot

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Raspi_IPDisplay

A quick little program to display the Raspi's local network IP to an Adafruit LCD display.

##Use case: I have an Adafruit 16x2 LCD display connected to the GPIO of my Raspi. I typically develop by connecting via SSH through putty.
My Raspi doesn't have a static IP address. Setting this script to run at boot (by adding to /etc/rc.local) allows me to see the current IP address so I know where to connect.

##Notes:

  • Uses the Adafruit GPIO and CharLCD libraries
  • Should be run as root (or sudo) using Python2.7 (imports won't work in Python3)
  • Due to Adafruit library depencies, you may also need to install Pytyon 3 on your Raspi