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Raspberry Pi E-Ink Task Organizer -- Episode 422

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Design and build of a Rasbperry PI based Calendar, ToDo and Weather display on an e-ink screen. The case is made of all 3d printed parts and is able to be set on a desktop, or hung upside down from a shelf. All code written in python and pulls data from Open Weather Map for weather, Google Calendar for the calendar items and Todoist for ToDo items.

 

Click Here for access to all the supporting files you will need to replicate this build!

Bill of Material:

Product Name Manufacturer Quantity Buy Kit
DELKIN DEVICES Flash Memory Card, MLC, MicroSDHC Card, UHS-1, Class 10, 16 GB, Utility MicroSD Series DELKIN DEVICES 1 Buy Now
RASPBERRY-PI RASPBERRY PI POWER SUPPLY, 90-264VAC, US RASPBERRY-PI 1 Buy Now
RASPBERRY-PI Single Board Computer, Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+, BCM2837B0 SoC, IoT, PoE Enabled RASPBERRY-PI 1 Buy Now

 

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Waveshare 7.5 inch e-Paper HAT

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  • KalebTheMaker
    KalebTheMaker over 5 years ago in reply to msebok +3
    Hi Matt, I have figured out that it really only needs to refresh a few times an hour and that helps a lot. After having in place for several days, I dont even notice it anymore. I have heard about the…
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 5 years ago in reply to fortyishguy +2
    "What is the eink display you used?" It tells you above under 'Additional Parts' https://www.waveshare.com/7.5inch-e-paper-hat-b.htm https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/7.5inch_e-Paper_HAT_(B)
  • jap1906
    jap1906 over 5 years ago in reply to shabaz +2
    Hi Shabaz, Thanks for your help! I just bought the Raspberry Pi model 3B and will try to configure during the weekend.
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  • morningshane
    morningshane over 4 years ago

    not sure if anyone can help me here with the error below

     

    INFO:root:Configuration Complete

    DEBUG:root:Todo API: TODOIST

    EXCEPTION IN PROGRAM ==================================

    'module' object has no attribute 'TodoistAPI'

    <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>

    <traceback object at 0xb557d5f8>

    END EXCEPTION =========================================

    DEBUG:root:DRIVER: ENTERING FOR LOOP

    ^CError in sys.excepthook:

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "infowindow.py", line 51, in HandleException

        iw.display(rotation)

      File "/home/pi/1y/mod_infowindow/infowindow.py", line 80, in display

        self.epd.display_frame(self.epd.get_frame_buffer(self.image))

      File "/home/pi/1y/driver/epd7in5b.py", line 196, in display_frame

        self.send_data(temp2)

      File "/home/pi/1y/driver/epd7in5b.py", line 102, in send_data

        epdif.spi_transfer([data])

      File "/home/pi/1y/driver/epdif.py", line 50, in spi_transfer

        SPI.writebytes(data)

    KeyboardInterrupt

     

     

    Original exception was:

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "infowindow.py", line 176, in <module>

        main()

      File "infowindow.py", line 58, in main

        todo = modTodo.ToDo(todo_opts)

      File "/home/pi/1y/mod_todo/mod_todoist.py", line 8, in __init__

        self.api = todoist.TodoistAPI(opts['api_key'])

    AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'TodoistAPI'

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    morningshane over 4 years ago

    not sure if anyone can help me here with the error below

     

    INFO:root:Configuration Complete

    DEBUG:root:Todo API: TODOIST

    EXCEPTION IN PROGRAM ==================================

    'module' object has no attribute 'TodoistAPI'

    <type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>

    <traceback object at 0xb557d5f8>

    END EXCEPTION =========================================

    DEBUG:root:DRIVER: ENTERING FOR LOOP

    ^CError in sys.excepthook:

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "infowindow.py", line 51, in HandleException

        iw.display(rotation)

      File "/home/pi/1y/mod_infowindow/infowindow.py", line 80, in display

        self.epd.display_frame(self.epd.get_frame_buffer(self.image))

      File "/home/pi/1y/driver/epd7in5b.py", line 196, in display_frame

        self.send_data(temp2)

      File "/home/pi/1y/driver/epd7in5b.py", line 102, in send_data

        epdif.spi_transfer([data])

      File "/home/pi/1y/driver/epdif.py", line 50, in spi_transfer

        SPI.writebytes(data)

    KeyboardInterrupt

     

     

    Original exception was:

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "infowindow.py", line 176, in <module>

        main()

      File "infowindow.py", line 58, in main

        todo = modTodo.ToDo(todo_opts)

      File "/home/pi/1y/mod_todo/mod_todoist.py", line 8, in __init__

        self.api = todoist.TodoistAPI(opts['api_key'])

    AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'TodoistAPI'

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  • KalebTheMaker
    KalebTheMaker over 4 years ago in reply to morningshane

    Hi Chen,

     

    Do you have the Todoist api stuff setup? Its possible that the module may fail to load if that opts['api_key'] does not exist for todoist.

     

    -Kaleb

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