topfunky / particle-lcd-mlb-dashboard

Data import and API glue to send baseball stats to a hardware LCD screen running on a Particle.io device

MLB LCD Dashboard

This experimental code pulls a data feed of major league baseball games and sends it to the https://www.particle.io/ API to display stats on an LCD screen.

📷 Tweet with photo of Particle and LCD

📌 NOTE: Code in this repo implements even better custom LCD graphics

Development Notes

Setup

Install Particle CLI.

bash <( curl -sL https://particle.io/install-cli )

Optionally install dfu-util

brew install dfu-util

Hardware

• 5v out of LCD panel plugs into the 3v3 pin
• GND plugs into any ground
• RX out of LCD panel plugs into TX on the Photon
• End pin of 3rd base LED goes to A6. End pin of 2nd base goes to A5. End pin of 1st base goes to A4.
• LEDs need resistor to GND.

API

Send a full score to both lines of the LCD:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN" https://api.particle.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_DEVICE_ID/lcdRow1 -d arg="*NYY 10 Judg 1-2 LAD 12    8  **"

Turn on an LED for all bases (321).

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPARK_ACCESS_TOKEN" https://api.particle.io/v1/devices/$SPARK_DEVICE_ID/bases -d arg="0000000000000321"

MLB Data

away_name_abbrev
home_name_abbrev
status (strikes, balls, etc.)

status:
     { b: '2',
       ind: 'I',
       inning: '4',
       inning_state: 'Top',
       is_no_hitter: 'N',
       is_perfect_game: 'N',
       note: '',
       o: '0',
       reason: '',
       s: '1',
       status: 'In Progress',
       top_inning: 'Y' },

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