Weather station e-ink frame

This is a project (hardware and software parts) designed to have a full Weather station (and many more features) displayed on a e-ink screen put in a photo frame with tactile buttons.

It is done with a Raspberry Pi, a 7.8" e-ink screen, a capacitive touch sensor, a temperature/humidity/pressure/gas sensor and needs a internet connection.

Status

This project is fully functional.

Some improvements can be done (see MagicMirror² Installation) and more features may be added in the future (see below).

Hardware

Complete guide is in hardware part.

It includes:

• Information on schematic
• Bill Of Material

Software

Complete guide is in software part.

It includes:

• Installation and configuration of OS on Raspberry
• Installation and configuration of MagicMirror² and all the modules

Features

At this stage, all the ticked features are available (the other features may never be done). It can also be customized by adding new modules (see MagicMirror² Installation).

Basic

• Current day and time
• sunrise/sunset
• moonrise/moonset
• Gain/loss of sun minutes since yesterday
• Moon phase
• Saint of the day

Weather/outdoor

• Indoor sensors:
  • temperature
  • humidity
  • pressure
  • air quality
• Current weather with:
  • temperature
  • feel-like temperature
  • humidity
  • pressure
  • wind
  • UV index
  • rain probability
  • air quality
• Graph of weather forecast for next days with:
  • temperature
  • feel-like temperature
  • min/max temperature
  • rain and snow
  • weather icon
  • humidity
  • pressure
  • wind
  • UV index
  • rain probability
  • air quality
  • same curves for previous days
• Alerts on the risk of rain, wind, ice...
• Alerts on current active allergens
• Maps of winds, rain, lightning
• Historic graph of indoor sensor measures

Calendar and tasks

• Upcoming events in family calendar
• Upcoming birthdays
• Tasks (from Trello)

Travels

• Next upcoming used bus lines
  • with alerts on this lines
• Travel time to work
• Map of traffic
• Traffic for the next event in calendar

Entertainment

• Headlines of news
• Current Spotify music (watch multiple accounts)
  • with buttons for Spotify control (volume, next/previous, start/stop)
• Game of life

Display

• Different pages that can be accessed with buttons

Advanced features (not yet planned)

• Home Assistant interaction
• Communication with home sensors (indoor and outdoor)