pi0-unicorn-weather

Overview

Using a Pi Zero Wireless and PimoRoni Unicorn hat this program displays the next 8 hours of weather.

Prereqs

• Install Raspbian Jessie Lite for Pi Zero Wireless and setup with Internet/SSH
• Install libs for PimoRoni Unicorn pHAT
  • https://github.com/pimoroni/unicorn-hat
  • NOTE: No need to install Python 3 or examples
• Install libs for DarkSky API
  • pip install darkskylib==0.3.5

Install & Config

1. Clone this repo to the Pi Zero
2. Edit the config section at the top of the weather.py file to match your desired settings, API key, and location
3. Run weather.py, use cron to start on boot

Reading the Weather

Guide coming soon

Shoutouts

• Dark Sky API - for their awesome weather APIs
• darkskylib Python lib by Lukáš Kubiš - making it easier to get going with DarkSky

Issues

For issues and featuer requests please make use of the Issues within this repo