Tag Archives: Raspberry Pi

Showing a gift total on a Raspberry Pi with an e-ink display – how hard could it be?

TL;DR: These Python and Raspberry Pi projects. They are fun aren’t they? And often they look deceptively simple. But you don’t see all the projects that failed and usually not where they struggled. This project got stuck (and almost failed) … Continue reading

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A Strava dashboard on a Raspberry Pi (Part 2): Installing software

In last blogpost we set up the Raspberry Pi, attached the Inky Impression display and got the Raspberry Pi ready for remote access. Time to get the Inky Impression software installed and make the Inky Impression screen display something. Your … Continue reading

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A Strava dashboard on a Raspberry Pi (Part 1): Setting up the Raspberry Pi

This is the list of hardware I’ve used: For those who don’t know a Raspberry Pi: this is a very small and quite cheap computer. The Raspberry Pi 3B+ I’ve used for example is about 40 euros. But you can … Continue reading

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Building a Strava dashboard on a Raspberry Pi with an e-ink display

Let’s face it: my purchase of the Pimoroni Inky Impression 5.7 inch display was a solution looking for a problem. I saw a video about it and I was sold on the idea of having an e-ink display on one … Continue reading

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A humidity sensor network on a Raspberry Pi with Zigbee2MQTT

I was looking for a way to detect leakage in my appartement with some kind of IoT solution. Someone on the Dutch technology forum Tweakers.net told me Xiaomi Humidity sensors, combined with a Zigbee2MQTT might be a good fit. The … Continue reading

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