Dec 26 2023

Yet another weather station!


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Material Required

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with Pre-soldered Headers

264×176, 2.7inch E-Ink display HAT for Raspberry Pi

MicroSD Card – 32 GB – Class 10 – BLANK

Raspberry Pi 12.5W Power Supply, US, White

HOVSTA – Frame, birch effect, 13×18 cm

Golden State Art, Pack of 25 5×7 Multicolor Uncut Mat Boards – Great for Photos, Pictures, Frames – Acid-Free, White-Core

The code used in making this weather station is the modified version of the below project.

Weather Station with ePaper and Raspberry Pi, in that project a color 264×176, 2.7inch E-Ink display HAT for Raspberry Pi, three-color is used. I am using the BW model of the E-Ink display and have modified the code to use black and white color.

Preparing the Hardware and Software

Install the Raspberry Pi OS on the SD card.

Layer 1: make the mat board, do some artwork on the white color mat, and cut the frame to fit the display.

The below design was done by Fathima Farha. Thank you.

Layer - 1
Layer 1

Layer 2: Cut the frame to fit the display.

Layer 2
Layer 2

Layer 3 – Cut the frame to fit the display.

Layer 3
Layer 3

Layer 4: Cut the frame to fit the display.

Layer 4
Layer 4

Layer 5: On The back panel of the frame, make a square so that the raspberry pi zero 2 fits accordingly on the display

Layer 5
Layer 5

Now stack the frame as given in the below images

Frame with the Glass
Layer 1 stacked reversely
Layer 2 stacked reversely
Layer 3 and 4 stacked reversely
Place the display
Place the back Panel of the frame
Connect Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Power up the Pi – the once the program is started, the weather station looks like below.

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