That's a good thought, I'll have to see how cheaply I can get a display. I think I even have one or two NodeMCUs laying around somewhere.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 2:44:57 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > What about an arduino or NodeMCU with a large LED board? just drawing the > Temp in big digits. > I just set up a NodeMCU + little OLED to read a WeeWX json file for > current data.. > > of course a large LED board might be the same $ as a tablet.. > > > > james > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 12:37 PM Dan Bunyard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good looking out, thanks. I think I have a Galaxy Tab A somewhere around >> here. I may give that a shot first then move to the pi if it doesn't work >> out. If I don't already have something I'll go the pi route. >> >> Do you have specific links to the EcoWitt stuff you mentioned? Can it be >> expanded if I wanted to (thinking maybe lightning detection)? >> >> Thanks! >> >> On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 12:30:35 PM UTC-5 vince wrote: >> >>> On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 8:50:00 AM UTC-8, Dan Bunyard wrote: >>>> >>>> Maybe I'll see if I have an extra Android tablet lying around or pick >>>> up an Amazon fire one and root it. >>>> >>> >>> You want to be really careful with which tablets you use and how old >>> they are. Reportedly a 'current' Kindle Fire works great and can be easily >>> set to work as a kiosk, but my experience is not necesarily for all uses >>> given the oddities of the Kindle browser. >>> >>> My one-gen-older 8" Fire wasn't good enough for me here but that might >>> be nuances of the Home Assistant stuff I display here. My 2015 Samsung Tab2 >>> tablet also could 'not' display everything I cooked up with node-red and >>> HomeAssistant as its os isn't updated any more. >>> >>> A official pi display+case for $90 if you have the pi already is a >>> guaranteed win long-term. Sometimes you just have to invest a few more >>> bucks to future-proof yourself. But 'lots' of people go the tablet route... >>> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0bc4a3a7-adbb-4f7c-815d-e6deb7dacf3dn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0bc4a3a7-adbb-4f7c-815d-e6deb7dacf3dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/b2ae5c55-d95b-424c-b074-93f71f179168n%40googlegroups.com.
