Features:

• Grab the latest weather data from WeatherAPI
• Get the latest BTCUSD price
• Latest awesome quotes from Adafruit!

Explanation: https://dev.to/bopr/custom-e-paper-dashboard-4404

Software Stack:

Parts Required:

• Waveshare 2.7in e-Paper hat or similar
• Raspberry pi Zero W or 3B/4

Hardware dependencies:

• https://github.com/waveshareteam/e-Paper
• Pillow for Python

Software dependencies:

• @napi-rs/canvas This fixes the vercel "serverless function is too large" error;
• fs and os to write to temporary filesystem
• axios for remote data fetching 3rd party APIs

Optional Parts:

• 3D printed case https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4169928/files
• BMS hat https://thepihut.com/products/lipo-battery-hat-for-raspberry-pi

• Change your display resolution in serverGenerate.js if you are using a different display
• Check that all your file names match expected formats
• Make sure the display is working correctly with the demo script that matches your model version. The directory will be similar to this: ~/e-Paper/RaspberryPi_JetsonNano/python/examples
• Deploy serverGenerate.js to your favourite cloud hosting provider like Vercel or Netlify (Or run on your own network)
• Test that the image you get back from your API is what you expect
• Copy over the python and bash scripts to the pi
• Setup a cron job to schedule the bash script or run it manually as you please!

chmod +x getImg.sh
./getImg.sh

Author: Boris Bershadsky

License: MIT