JJClock

A clock for JJ.

Envisaged to display the time in the form of the front page of a newspaper.

Main Features:

• With an extensible rendering engine, for clock 'faces' to be added and improved over time.
• Clock faces have the full power of python (and connection to the net; mostly) to show time creatively.
• Configurable over wifi, but able to operate without internet.
• Time and timezone synchronised by GPS (without transmitting your whereabouts to the internet, of course!).

Key Hardware:

• Raspberry Pi Zero W
• E-Paper Display (Waveshare IT8951)
• Raspberry Pi Touchscreen supported (for testing)

Software:

• OS: Raspbian Lite
• Primary language: Python
• Key libraries and open source components:
  • Pillow (image manipulation): https://pypi.org/project/Pillow/
  • Flask (for the web backend): https://pypi.org/project/Flask/
  • Waitress (serving the flask app): https://pypi.org/project/waitress/
  • Bootstrap (for web interface make look nicey): https://getbootstrap.com/
  • Mustache (for in-browser templating): https://mustache.github.io/
  • PyGame (for testing display cross-platform): https://pypi.org/project/pygame/
  • PyTZ (for timezone management): https://pypi.org/project/pytz/
  • Timezonefinder (gets the timezone from GPS without the net): https://pypi.org/project/timezonefinder/
  • pyowm (for weather): https://pypi.org/project/pyowm/
  • pygithub (for checking for updates): https://github.com/PyGithub/PyGithub
  • IT8951 display driver by GregDMeyer: https://github.com/GregDMeyer/IT8951
  • qrcode (for creating config qr codes): https://pypi.org/project/qrcode/
  • Python FT5406 Multitouch Driver (for tapping on the test rig): https://github.com/pimoroni/python-multitouch

Documentation

• Full documentation is unlikely - on request; submit an issue...

Contributing

• Fork, branch & submit a pull request!