From e6a3e6595f680e25134cccef3f011c0788a0bfa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:37:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] MagTag 50 Cent CPI project files

---
 MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/50_cent.bmp | Bin 0 -> 13082 bytes
 MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py     | 156 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 156 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/50_cent.bmp
 create mode 100644 MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py

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diff --git a/MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py b/MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..879fd8a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Tim C, written for Adafruit Industries
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+"""
+50 Cent Consumer Price Index Tracker
+
+This project illustrates how to fetch CPI data from the
+US Bureau of Labor Statistics API. CPI data from 1994,
+when 50 Cent adopted his moniker, is compared with the latest
+data to determine how much 50 Cent from 1994 is worth today.
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import time
+
+import alarm
+import displayio
+from displayio import OnDiskBitmap, TileGrid, Group
+import supervisor
+from terminalio import FONT
+import wifi
+
+import adafruit_connection_manager
+from adafruit_display_text.text_box import TextBox
+import adafruit_requests
+
+
+# CPI Data URL
+latest_cpi_url = "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/CUUR0000SA0"
+# CUUR0000SA0 the series ID for CPI-U (All items)
+# Note: bls.gov API is limited to 20 requests per day for unregistered users
+
+# CPI value for June 1994
+june_94_cpi = 148.0
+
+# Get WiFi details, ensure these are setup in settings.toml
+ssid = os.getenv("CIRCUITPY_WIFI_SSID")
+password = os.getenv("CIRCUITPY_WIFI_PASSWORD")
+
+# Initalize Wifi, Socket Pool, Request Session
+pool = adafruit_connection_manager.get_radio_socketpool(wifi.radio)
+ssl_context = adafruit_connection_manager.get_radio_ssl_context(wifi.radio)
+requests = adafruit_requests.Session(pool, ssl_context)
+
+try:
+    # Connect to the WiFi network
+    wifi.radio.connect(ssid, password)
+except OSError as ose:
+    print(f"OSError: {ose}")
+print("Wifi connected!")
+
+# Get display reference
+display = supervisor.runtime.display
+
+# Set to portrait orientation
+display.rotation = 0
+
+# Group to hold all visual elements
+main_group = Group()
+
+# Full display sized white background
+white_bg_group = Group(scale=8)
+white_bg_bmp = displayio.Bitmap(display.width // 8, display.height // 8, 1)
+white_bg_palette = displayio.Palette(1)
+white_bg_palette[0] = 0xFFFFFF
+white_bg_tg = TileGrid(bitmap=white_bg_bmp, pixel_shader=white_bg_palette)
+white_bg_group.append(white_bg_tg)
+main_group.append(white_bg_group)
+
+# 50 Cent photo
+photo_bmp = OnDiskBitmap("50_cent.bmp")
+photo_tg = TileGrid(bitmap=photo_bmp, pixel_shader=photo_bmp.pixel_shader)
+main_group.append(photo_tg)
+
+
+def get_latest_cpi_value():
+    """
+    Fetch the latest CPI data from BLS API.
+
+    :return: tuple containing (latest CPI value, month, year)
+    """
+    try:
+        response = requests.get(latest_cpi_url)
+        try:
+            json_data = response.json()
+        except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as json_error:
+            raise Exception(f"JSON Parse error: {response.text}") from json_error
+
+        latest_data = json_data["Results"]["series"][0]["data"][0]
+
+        return (
+            float(latest_data["value"]),
+            latest_data["periodName"],
+            latest_data["year"],
+        )
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise Exception(f"Error fetching data from BLS API: {e}") from e
+
+
+# fetch the latest CPI data
+latest_cpi_value, month, year = get_latest_cpi_value()
+
+# Label for the message below the photo
+message_lbl = TextBox(
+    FONT,
+    128,
+    TextBox.DYNAMIC_HEIGHT,
+    align=TextBox.ALIGN_CENTER,
+    text=f"As of {month} {year}\n50 Cent is worth",
+    color=0x000000,
+    scale=1,
+)
+message_lbl.anchor_point = (0, 0)
+message_lbl.anchored_position = (0, photo_tg.tile_height + 6)
+main_group.append(message_lbl)
+
+# calculate current value of 50 cents from 1994
+current_value = round(50.0 * (latest_cpi_value / june_94_cpi) + 0.5)
+
+# Label for the calculated value
+amount_lbl = TextBox(
+    FONT,
+    128 // 3,
+    TextBox.DYNAMIC_HEIGHT,
+    align=TextBox.ALIGN_CENTER,
+    text=f"{current_value}",
+    color=0x000000,
+    scale=3,
+)
+amount_lbl.anchor_point = (0, 0)
+amount_lbl.anchored_position = (0, photo_tg.tile_height + message_lbl.height + 12)
+main_group.append(amount_lbl)
+
+# Cent label at bottom of display
+cent_lbl = TextBox(
+    FONT,
+    128,
+    TextBox.DYNAMIC_HEIGHT,
+    align=TextBox.ALIGN_CENTER,
+    text="Cent",
+    color=0x000000,
+    scale=1,
+)
+cent_lbl.anchor_point = (0, 1)
+cent_lbl.anchored_position = (0, display.height - 2)
+main_group.append(cent_lbl)
+
+# set main_group showing on the display
+display.root_group = main_group
+display.refresh()
+
+# Sleep for 1 day
+al = alarm.time.TimeAlarm(monotonic_time=time.monotonic() + 86400)
+alarm.exit_and_deep_sleep_until_alarms(al)
+# Does not return. Exits, and restarts after 1 day

From ec9d79bc1ebf52c15eaf2ce9c89cae656ce1a787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:41:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] credit project inspiration

---
 MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py b/MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py
index 879fd8a52..0e1871fde 100644
--- a/MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py
+++ b/MagTag/MagTag_50Cent_CPI/code.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 US Bureau of Labor Statistics API. CPI data from 1994,
 when 50 Cent adopted his moniker, is compared with the latest
 data to determine how much 50 Cent from 1994 is worth today.
+
+This project was inspired by: https://50centadjustedforinflation.com/
 """
 import json
 import os