WeatherStation

WeatherStation is an app which get the weather info from OpenWeather API. Its main purpose is generating of an image for RaspberryPi with e-Paper screen.

Requirements

App is compatible with Python 3.7 to Python 3.12.
All required modules are in requirements.txt file.

Application (screen mode) is created for Waveshare 7.5inch E-Ink (800×480) display.

.env file

Some data (e.g. API key) needs to be stored in .env file.

API_KEY=<your-open-weather-API-key>

# User defined variables
LATITUDE=<your-latitude-coordinate>
LONGITUDE=<your-longitude-coordinate>

FORECAST_HOURS_COUNT=16

Usage

It can be used in two modes:

• screen mode with RaspberryPi and e-Paper screen,
• test mode (save image on the local disk and show it).

Windows (only test mode)

1. Clone repository by "git clone https://github.com/todr93/WeatherStation".
2. Use "createEnvironment.bat" to create virtual environment and install all required modules.
3. Use "runTestMode.bat" to run application in test mode.

Linux (test mode)

1. Clone repository by "git clone https://github.com/todr93/WeatherStation".
2. Make scripts executables:
   • "chmod +x createEnvironment.sh",
   • "chmod +x runTestMode.sh".
3. Use "createEnvironment.sh" to create virtual environment and install all required modules.
4. Use "runTestMode.sh" to run application in test mode.

Linux - RaspberryPi (screen mode)

1. Clone repository by "git clone https://github.com/todr93/WeatherStation".
2. Make scripts executables:
   • "chmod +x createEnvironmentRasp.sh",
   • "chmod +x runScreenMode.sh".
3. Use "sudo createEnvironmentRasp.sh" to install all required modules.
4. Use "runScreenMode.sh" to run application in screen mode.