ianmclinden / NSFWidget

Nano Stocks 'Folio Widget - Lightweight stock ticker tape for the Raspberry Pi Zero.

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Lightweight stock ticker tape for the Raspberry Pi Zero W, and Pimoroni's Four Letter pHAT.

About:

Hardware List:

• Raspberry Pi Zero W
• Raspberry Pi Zero W GPIO Male Header
• Pimoroni Four Letter pHAT
• Raspberry Pi Accessories - SD card, power, etc.

Setup:

• Solder GPIO Header onto Raspberry Pi Zero W
• Follow the Pimoroni pHAT Setup Guide to solder pHAT Headers, and attach to Pi.
• Follow the Raspberry Pi Hardware Guide to set up a Raspberry Pi Zero W with raspbian, connect the Raspberry Pi to your Wifi AP/Router, and log in via SSH.

Installation / Use:

Log into the Raspberry Pi and clone the NSFWidget Repository and enter the directory:

    $ git clone https://github.com/ianmclinden/NSFWidget.git
    $ cd NSFWidget/

An installation script has been provided to install NSFWidget and the required dependencies, and automatically load NSFWidget at boot. Just run

    $ sudo ./install.sh

or run with the --noboot flag to keep from automatically starting NSFWidget at boot.

    $ sudo ./install.sh --noboot

After installation, edit your stock preferences in /etc/nsfw/stocks.conf. Then, run NSFWidget, using

    $ sudo service nsfw start

OR

    $ sudo systemctl start nsfw.service

Manual Installation / Use:

NSFWidget requires the following python libraries:

• fourletterphat
• yahoo-finance which can be installed via pip.

Then, run using the python environment using

    $ python nsfwidget.py [stocks_file.conf]

Files:

• nsfw.py: Main logic
• stocks.conf: Configures what stocks to watch
• install.sh: Installation script

Author

Ian McLinden 2017 https://github.com/ianmclinden