ptkinvent/weather_led_matrix

Grabs the weather forecast and displays it on a 64x64 LED matrix

Weather LED Matrix

This project is for displaying the weather forecast and AQI data on a 64x64 LED matrix in my room. The included Python 3.7.3 code runs on a Raspberry Pi on top of the hzeller / rpi-rgb-led-matrix library.

Setup

1. Acquire and attach the following:
   • Raspberry Pi
   • 64x64 RGB LED Matrix
   • RGB Matrix Bonnet for Raspberry Pi
   • 5V 4A power supply
2. Clone and install hzeller / rpi-rgb-led-matrix library on the Raspberry Pi.
3. Acquire an API key from OpenWeatherMap and store it as an environment variable on the Raspberry Pi called PRIVATE_API_KEY
4. Run sudo python3 main.py