Family Dashboard

Code for family dashboard. Always-on 10 inch e-ink screen, updated daily.

Requirements

Inkplate 10
Docker server, network accessible from Inkplate device
PirateWeather API key

Useful Links

Components

Client: Inkplate 10 device

This component fetch the current dashboard from the server and displays the info as-is on e-ink display.
The device use wifi to access the home network.
Client code is in client/ folder.
Arduino C code. Use Arduino IDE to build and deploy to device.

Dashboard server

Generate the dashboard image on a schedule. Serve this image to the client device when requested.
Server code is in server/ folder.
It is a basic node.js application.
The weather is fetched from the pirateweather api. See server/accessors/pirateweather.js
The events data is fetched from an iCal url. See server/accessors/ical.js
The dashboard image is generated using an html template. See server/accessors/template

Development

Client

Arduino IDE.

Dependencies:

Inkplate arduino libraries.
Inkplate board definition.

Server

Environment variables:

PIRATEWEATHER_APIKEY=***
WEATHER_CACHE_DURATION_MINUTES=120
WEATHER_AM_HOUR=8
WEATHER_PM_HOUR=14
LAT=***
LON=***
ICAL_URL=https://p35-caldav.icloud.com/published/2/***
PORT=8080

Put those values in .ENV file to configure your server.

cd server
npm install
node .

Now, you can make changes to the template and see the result in a browser at http://localhost:8080/generatePage.

I used NSSM to host the node app as a windows service on my home server box.

Troubleshooting

Arduino IDE

Compilation error: Error resolving FQBN: getting build properties for board Inkplate_Boards:esp32:Inkplate10: invalid option 'PSRAM'

Compilation error: Error resolving FQBN: getting build properties for board Inkplate_Boards:esp32:Inkplate10: invalid option 'CPUFreq'

Delete inkplate library
Delete inkplate board
Install inkplate board
Compile. Missing file error should happear.
Install inkplate library
Compile... it should work now.

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