Display manager for framebuffer devices (like the PiTFT) on Raspberry Pi.
Simply put, a display manager is an application that provides other applications with access to the display. In practice, this means you can create your own apps for it, switch between apps on the fly, and more!
The Adafruit PiTFT 3.5" is what I'm developing it on/for, so I chose to reference it in the name.
dashboard- displays weather, next calendar event, and next task duesystem- displays system informationfortune- displays fortune cookies- Note: requires
fortune-modto be installed!
- Note: requires
affirmations- displays positive affirmationscalendarandtasks- display events/tasks from webcal and caldav calendarsweather- displays the current weather
Creating apps is simple, each app is a Python module that provides an App class,
which should inherit from the apps.AbstractApp class. Then you just need to implement
the run_iteration method and have it do whatever you want the app to do!
More documentation for development coming soon.
- First, clone the repository onto the Raspberry Pi, I recommend cloning it to
~/pitftmanagerand then change directory into it. - Second, install the required Python libraries.
- Third, copy the
pitftmanager.servicefile into/etc/systemd/system. - Fourth, edit the path in
/etc/systemd/system/pitftmanager.serviceto the path where you checked out the code - Fifth, enable the
systemdservice. - Lastly, start the
systemdservice, or reboot.
Quick command list to install:
git clone https://github.com/tsbarnes/pitftmanager.git ~/pitftmanager
cd ~/pitftmanager
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
sudo cp ~/pitftmanager/pitftmanager.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/pitftmanager.service # don't forget to change the path!
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable pitftmanager
sudo systemctl start pitftmanager