uStatusBoard

The uStatusBoard is a board designed to be used as simple notifier with 4 leds WS2812B (aka NeoPixels) to show the status by changing the color of the led on the board.

You can use a marker to write down the condition/status of anything you're monitoring.

Top view of the board (latest version)

Bottom view of the board (latest version)

In order to use the board we will need a Wemos D1 mini (image below) which the board is soldered onto it.

Wemos D1 mini board

Note: There is no need to use specifically the Wemos D1 mini board, another board can used with this uStatusBoard.

Structure for the Repository

Main Repository Folder(uStatusBoard)
        └── docs Folders
        |        |
        |        └── images folder
        └── examples Folder
        |   |
        |   └── example scripts
        |     
        ├── hardware Folder
        |     |
        |     └── version folders (Schematics and board design)
        |
        └── status_board.py (module)
        |
        └── README (This document.)

Usage examples

To use the code (written in MicroPython) we will just upload the module status_board.py and in the REPL we can start playing with it.

>>> from status_board import StatusBoard
>>> board = StatusBoard()
>>> board.pin
Pin(15)
>>> board.brightness
255

Take into account that we are instantiated the object with the default attributes as seen in the REPL output above.

So now let's play a bit with it.

>>> board.color_all('blue')
>>> board.color_all('red')
>>> board.color_all('green')
>>> board.color_all('white')
>>> board.color_all('nocolor')

This colors are defined on the StatusBoard.colors attribute which can be accessed any time

>>> board.colors
{'cyan': [0, 1, 1], 'nocolor': [0, 0, 0], 'magenta': [1, 0, 1], 'blue': [0, 0, 1], 'yellow': [1, 1, 0], 'white': [1, 1, 1], 'green': [0, 1, 0], 'red': [1, 0, 0]}

Now let's turn off all the leds

>>> board.clear_all()

If you want to know more about what methods the StatusBoard has head over to the status_board.py script.

If you want more examples head over the examples folder.

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Any feedback is highly appreciated!

Please, if you see any error open an issue on this repo.

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Useful links:

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