raspberrycoulis/weather-pi-data

Various Python scripts that attempt to display weather data (either via Dark Sky or Open Weather Map) on various Raspberry Pi related HATs or pHATs

weather-pi-data

Various Python scripts that attempt to display weather data (either via Dark Sky or Open Weather Map) on various Raspberry Pi related HATs or pHATs including:

• Display-o-Tron 3000 / HAT
• Blinkt!
• PaPiRusZero

Requirements

• A suitable HAT or pHAT and their accompanying libraries
• python-forecast.io
• dark-sky-python wrapper
• You'll need an API key for Dark Sky API or for Open Weather Map

Installation

Install the libraries for your HAT or pHAT:

• Display-o-Tron 3000 / HAT
• Blinkt!
• PaPiRusZero

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/raspberrycoulis/weather-pi-data.git

Then, install the Dark Sky Python API wrapper:

git clone https://github.com/raspberrycoulis/dark-sky-python.git
cd dark-sky-python
sudo python setup.py install

Find your latitude and longitude here.

Setup

For simplicity, there is a config.ini file inside the config directory. Add your Dark Sky / Open Weather Map details there.

Additional info

Examples - Display-o-Tron 3000

When running the darksky-dot3k.py script, the Display-o-Tron 3000 does a number of things:

• Displays the temperature, humidity and chance of rain in a readable format
• The backlight of the display changes colour to reflect the UV index:
  • Green = low UV index
  • Yellow = moderate UV index
  • Orange = high UV index
  • Red = very high UV index
  • Violet = extreme UV index
• The LED bar-graph will also show the chance of rain, with the more lights visible showing a higher chance
• Pressing the joystick button will exit the code and shut off the display.

Examples - Blinkt!

The blinkt-uvindex.py script will pull the current UV Index and changes the colour of the Blinkt accordingly:

• Green = low UV index
• Yellow = moderate UV index
• Orange = high UV index
• Red = very high UV index
• Violet = extreme UV index It will also print out the UV index in the console. Exit with CTRL+C to exit cleanly. The Blinkt will be turned off.

The blinkt-rain.py script works similar to the UV Index one, but shows the probability of rain in 1 hour and changes the colour of the Blinkt accordingly:

• Green = very low chance of rain
• Yellow = low chance of rain
• Orange = moderate chance or rain
• Red = high chance of rain
• Blue = extreme chance of rain It will also print out the chance of rain in the console. Exit with CTRL+C to exit cleanly. The blinkt will be turned off.

Examples - PaPiRus

The darksky-papirus.py script is similar to the Display-o-Tron 3000, except it will simply display the current weather details on the screen. Exit with CTRL+C which will also clear the PaPiRus after displaying a goodbye message.