twitterkey

Tweet using a Morse key - Tutorial for MagPi #92

Please see https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/issues/92 for a full tutorial on how to complete this project.

Requirements

• Raspberry Pi (any model)
• Adafruit 16x2 LCD Pi Plate
• Morse code / telegraph key (optional)

This is a Python 3 project.

Installation

To install all dependancies:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install python3-pip
sudo pip3 install adafruit-circuitpython-charlcd
sudo pip3 install python-twitter

Clone this repo:

cd
git clone https://github.com/mrpjevans/twitterkey.git
cd twitterkey

Starting

Morse code practice:

python3 lcd_morse.py

With Twitter capability:

python3 lcd_morse_twitter.py

Using With Twitter

You need to have a Twitter developer account. (It's free) Then you must create an 'app' and get credentials for it

Instructions can be found here: https://python-twitter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

You should end up with:

• Consumer Key
• Consumer Secret
• Application Token Key
• Application Token Secret

Once you have these, enter them into the corresponding variables at the start of lcd_morse_twitter.py.

Controls

• Right: Morse key
• Up: Clear the current message
• Down: Space
• Left: Backspace
• Select: Tweet (Twitter script only)

Have fun!

PJ