It just so happened that an older 10 2 inch lcd tv became free and i wanted to have a go at programming the raspberry pi and learn just a little not too much more about linux.
Raspberry pi smart wall clock.
Raspberry pi wall clock a raspberry pi digital wall clock this simple project was to replace a radio clock working from msf with a clock based on ntp.
Create a smart clock with a raspberry pi inspired by this article i ve decided to create a new clock for my living room.
We ll go over the parts we need how to connect them and programming the alarm clock functions into the raspberry pi.
I decided to build a digital clock using the low cost tm1637 4 digit displays and a raspberry pi zero w instead of just a gui clock.
Using a short hdmi lead will help to contain the cables.
Considering the raspberry pi s a mini computer it should come as no surprise one of the more common projects is a dashboard style display.
Over on github diyer n0bel has a guide to turning the pi.
This project will work with any raspberry pi including the raspberry pi zero.
The time date and news are got using python libraries based on their apis.
I have a raspberry pi 3 b handy so i ll be using it throughout this guide.
Most monitors have brackets available for this purpose.
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These two models will work with modern slim usb chargers.
Put sd card to raspberry pi connect lan cable and power up.
To make the coding simpler we make the smart alarm clock with raspberry pi.
Amateur radio operators aka ham radio use 24 hour utc universal coordinated time for much of their operation.
Sudo usermod ag sudo clock remove pi user exit ssh clock your raspberry ip sudo deluser remove home pi change hostname.
The news is obtained from several websites and summarised using nlp.
Create user with root access.
A professional edition uses the dsi cable on the raspberry pi.
I built it on top of newest rasperry pi model 3b with its official 7 display so some things are a bit different than those explained in that article and the pages it links to.
It will definitely still work but a raspberry pi 2 model b 47 at amazon only requires 1 8a and the raspberry pi zero w requires 1 2a.
Which raspberry pi will work.
Wall mount the display now mount the monitor on your wall.
Smart alarm is a combination of apis an rpi and a small section of natural language processing.
