chickenbit / inkycountdown

Event Countdown for the InkyPhat display for the Raspberry Pi

inkycountdown

Python Script for displaying event countdown information to an InkyPhat display on a raspberry pi.

Example / Preview

Example image using Raspberry Pi version release days as birthdays.

Column 1: Pi Version
Column 2: Days till birthday!
Column 3: How old the Pi Version will be!

ran on November 9, 2019

Usage

main.py is bootstrapped for command-line usage

Scenario 1: use included resources\pi_releases.csv as events

main.py

Scenario 2: Specify csv to use as events

main.py --events resources/example_events.csv

Scenario 3: Specify font to use

main.py --font_path /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMonoBold.ttf

Resources

Fonts

• https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/154/code-frozen-in-carbon-on-display-for-all
• https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode
• https://www.kutilek.de/sudo-font/

TODO

• display the date last ran
• optional column headers
• Auto font-size picker