/raspberrypi-lcd-sysinfo

script that cycles between showing load average, memory usage and current ip address on a raspberry pi with BitWizard SPI LCD screen

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raspberrypi-lcd-sysinfo

script that cycles between showing load average, memory usage and current ip address on a raspberry pi with BitWizard SPI LCD screen

lcd_cpu

lcd_mem

lcd_ip

##What you need:

  • a raspberry pi
  • an lcd screen from BitWizard with SPI board (this one)
  • SD card with Linux installed (preferably Raspbian but others should work)

##How To Use:

  • Install bw_tools (see BitWizard wiki article Here , under installing the program )

  • download the script & make it executable

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yzwijsen/raspberrypi-lcd-sysinfo/master/lcd-show-sysinfo.sh && chmod +x lcd-show-sysinfo.sh
  • start the script
sudo ./lcd-show-sysinfo.sh &

That's it! You should now see output on your lcd screen. (if not, open the script and make sure the ADDRESS variable is set correctly)

##Run on startup

If you want you can set the script to start automatically on boot. The easiest way to do that is by setting up a cronjob:

  • open crontab
sudo crontab -e
  • add the following line:
@reboot /home/pi/lcd-show-sysinfo.sh
  • save and close crontab