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A software written in python3 that allows you to transform an E-Paper display (like the kindle) into an information display. It fetches live data from Openweathermap (a weather info provider) and your Online Calendar (Google Calendar), fetches RSS-Feeds and displays them on a large, beautiful and ultra-low power E-Paper display. It's ideal for staying organised and keeping track of important details without having to check them up online each time.
This software fully supports the 3-Colour and 2-Colour version of the 7.5" E-Paper display from waveshare/gooddisplay and works with Raspberry Pi 2, 3 and 0 (Zero, Zero W, Zero WH).
- Added Agenda-View design and support for multiple languages (Mid May 2019)
- Updated and optimised the installer for faster installation and updating (Mid April 2019)
- Added a user-friendly Web-UI for adding details to the programm (Credit to TobyChui for the template)
- Version 1.5 released (Early February 2019) with a new layout, displayed events and many back-end improvements
- Monthly Calendar which automatically update itself to the current day
- Fetch appointments/events from your Google Calendar and display them on the Display
- Fetch live weather data (temperature, humidity, sunrise- & sunset time, wind speed, weather-icon) from Openweathermap servers and display them on the E-Paper
- Fetch RSS-feeds from given RSS-feed URLs and display the content (news, quotes etc.) on the E-Paper
To get started, follow the instructions below.
- 7.5" 3-Colour E-Paper Display (Black, White, Red/Yellow) with driver hat from waveshare or
- 7.5" 2-Colour E-Paper Display (Black, White) with driver hat from waveshare
- Raspberry Pi Zero WH (with headers) (no soldering iron required)
- Or: Raspberry Pi Zero W. In this case, you'll need to solder 2x20 pin GPIO headers yourself
- MicroSD card (min. 4GB)
- MicroUSB cable (for power)
- Something to be used as a case (e.g. a RIBBA photo-frame or a 3D-printed case)
- After flashing Raspbian Stretch (with Desktop), set up Wifi on the Raspberry Pi Zero W by copying the file wpa_supplicant.conf (from above) to the /boot directory and adding your Wifi details in that file.
- Create a simple text document named ssh in the boot directory to enable ssh.
- Expand the filesystem in the Terminal with
sudo raspi-config --expand-rootfs - Enable SPI by entering
sudo sed -i s/#dtparam=spi=on/dtparam=spi=on/ /boot/config.txtin the Terminal - Set the correct timezone with
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata, selecting the correct continent and then the capital of your country. - Reboot to apply changes
- Optional: If you want to disable the on-board leds of the Raspberry, follow these instructions: Disable on-board-led
Execute the following command in the Terminal to install all required packages. Please use Raspbian Stretch with Desktop (preferably the latest version). Support for Raspbian Stretch Lite is temporarily dropped due to some changes, but will be available again soon once it has been tested.
bash -c "$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aceisace/Inky-Calendar/Stable/Installer-with-debug.sh)"
If the Installer should fail for any reason, kindly open an issue and paste the error. Thanks.
Screenshot of the installer:
To add details to the programm, please use the web-ui (user-interface). Simply double-click the file Settings-Web-UI.html located in /home/pi/Inky-Calendar/Calendar/ to open up the document with the browser (Chrome etc.). Next, fill in the details (you can use the table below for a reference) and click on generate to create your settings.py file. Lastly, copy the generated 'settings.py' file to /home/pi/Inky-Calendar/Calendar (the same path where the settings.py file is) and try starting the main script with: python3.5 /home/pi/Inky-Calendar/Calendar/E-Paper.py. If you encounter any issues, please leave a comment in the issues or via email. Thanks in advance.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| ical_urls | Your iCalendar URL/s. To add more than one URL, seperate each with a comma, for example: ical-url1, ical-url2 |
| rss_feeds | Here, you can add RSS-feed URLs which are used to fetch news etc. for example: rss-url1, rss-url2 |
| update_interval | How often should be Display be updated in one hour? The default option is 60, which means once every hour. You can select one of the values from: 10, 15, 20, 30, 60. Please note that ghosting will occur when updating too frequently. To prevent ghosting, it's recommended to run 1 calibration for every 6 updates. For example, with an update interval of 1 hour, the calibration should be executed every 6 hours. |
| api_key | Your personal openweathermap API-key which you can generate and find in your Account info |
| location | Location refers to the closest weather station from your place. It isn't necessarily the place you live in. To find this location, type your city name in the search box on openweathermap. The output should be in the following format: City Name, Country ISO-Code. Not sure what your ISO code is? Check here: (find iso-code) |
| week_starts_on | When does the week start on your Region? Possible options are Monday or Sunday |
| events_max_range | How far in the future should events from your iCalendar be fetched. The value is given in days. By default, events in the next 60 days will be fetched from the Calendar. Can be any integer from 1 to 365 |
| calibration_hours | At which hours would you like the Display to 'calibrate' itself? Calibration is strongly recommended at least 3 times a day. In the list, you have to include hours in 24-hour format, seperated by a comma. The default option is 1,12,18 and refers to 1 am, 12 am, and 6 pm |
| display_colours | This should normally be set by the installer when you choose the type of your display. Options include black-white if you're using the black and white E-Paper or black-white-red/yellow when you're using the black-white-red or black-white-yellow E-Paper |
| language | Choosing the language allows changing the language of the month and week-icons. Possible options are en for english, de for german and zh-tw for Taiwan Chinese (Hong Kong Chinese) |
| units | Selecting units allows switching units from km/h (kilometer per hour) and °C (degree Celcius) to mph (miles per hour) and °F (degree Fahrenheit). Possible options are metric or imperial |
| hours | Which time format do you prefer? This will change the sunrise and sunset times from 24-hours format to 12-hours format. Possible options are 24 for 24-hours and 12 for 12-hours. |
| top_section | What would you like the Display to show in the top section? Currently, only weather is available |
| middle_section | What would you like the Display to show in the main section? The default option is Calendar (for RSS-feeds. You may choose Agenda if you want to display events instead of the Calendar |
| bottom_section | What would you like the Display to show in the bottom section? |
Currently, only Google Calendar is fully supported and has proven to run more stable than others. While it is possible that a non-Google iCalendar may work, it is often not the case. If you're not using Google-Calendar and the script is throwing errors related to your iCalendar, please export your iCalendar (as an .ics file), create a new Calendar at Google Calendar and import your previous Calendar's .ics file. After importing, navigate to the section 'Integrate Calendar', copy the 'Secret address in iCal format' and paste it in the ical_urls section in the settings.py file (see instructions above).
Try avoiding too long event names in your Calendar. If an event is too long, it'll be 'chunked off', letter by letter, from the end until it fits.
Event dates and names are displayed in chronological order below the Calendar. The small squares on the monthly Calendar indicate events on those days. For example, if you see a small square on the 14th of the current month, it means you have/had an event in your iCalendar on that day.
If you encounter errors related to your iCalendar, please feel free to report the error either by opening an issue or by sending a mail.
If you want to update to the latest version, run the Installer from above again and select the 'update' option.
Before updating, the Installer checks if the settings file (/home/pi/Inky-Calendar/Calendar/settings.py) exists. This is done to test if a previous version was installed correctly. If the settings file exists, it is copied to the home directory and renamed as 'settings.py.old'. The old software folder 'Inky-Calendar' is renamed to 'Inky-Calendar-old'. Lastly, the latest version of the software is copied to the Raspberry as 'Inky-Calendar'.
After updating, copy the contents from your old settings file to the new one. There are usally more options in the new settings.py file so a 'template' is prepared with each update. This template can be found in /home/pi/Inky-Calendar/Calendar/settings.py.sample.
All sorts of contributions are most welcome and appreciated. To start contributing, please follow the Contribution Guidelines.
The average response time for issues, PRs and emails is usually 24 hours. In rare cases, it might be longer.
Don't forget to check out the Wiki. It contains all the information to understanding and customising the script.
P.S: Don't forget to star and watch the repo. For those who have done so already, thank you very much!
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- Website: aceinnolab.com (coming soon)
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