Whether you’re lodged in an apartment with a poor view of the sky like [Becky Stern] or are looking for an at-a-glance report of the current weather, you might consider this minimalist weather display instead of checking your computer or your phone every time you’re headed out the door.
The first order of business was to set up her Feather Huzzah ESP8266 module. [Becky] started with a blink test to ensure it was working properly. Once that was out of the way, she moved on to installing a few libraries. Temperature data fetched by an IFTTT feed is displayed on a seven-segment display, while additional feeds separately retrieve information for each basic weather type: sunny, overcast, rain, snow.
All it took to create the sleek display effect was a few pieces of cardboard inside a shadow box frame, a sheet of paper as a diffuser, and twelve Neopixel RGB LEDs hidden inside. Trimming and securing everything in place as well as notching out the back of the frame for the power cable finished the assembly. Check out the build video after the break.
Pair this weather frame with a shoe rack that spotlights the appropriate footwear depending on the weather to really streamline your exit.
I love the look of this one and may try to put one together. Nice work, Becky.
did he mount it obscuring the window?
Did SHE? Not that I can tell… that said the linked page mentions her apartment is on the lower floors and faces an interior courtyard of a tall apartment block. So doing so wouldn’t be any great loss.
Before the days of friuty wifi, weren’t these displays made from glass and put in holes in walls? I believe they had a name but it’s been erased from my mind, possibly by a penguin.
Hey , how about saving some time, effort , and energy and just look out the window :)
Simple, clean and easy to use. I really like that IFTT was used, I may try to make one that scrapes the forecast instead of the current status.
Great work.