manufacturedba/bart-e-ink

North Berkeley BART Departures on ESP32-driven eInk

bart-e-ink

North Berkeley BART Departures on ESP32-driven eInk

Overview

This project is a simple display of the next southbound North Berkeley BART departures on an eInk display.

Organization

• display/ contains CircuitPython code for the eInk display
• cmd/server contains server code

Build

Server

go build ./cmd/server

Display

Populate the eInk device with the contents of display/ directory including its lib/ directory using the Adafruit CircuitPython library bundle.

Dependencies are listed in display/requirements.txt.

You can find the bundle at https://circuitpython.org/libraries

Disclaimer

This project currently requires manual fetching of GTFS data and assumes it is stored under gtfs/ in the project directory. This is not included with the repository.

You can find a permalink to the GTFS data for BART at https://www.bart.gov/schedules/developers/gtfs

Hardware

• Adafruit HUZZAH32 – ESP32 Feather Board
• Adafruit 2.9" Tri-Color eInk Display FeatherWing

Pins are defined according to the above hardware