When [MisterM]’s MIL gave him a rad 80s portable cassette player, he jumped for joy. Once he figured out the window was exactly the same size as the standard for Raspberry Pi HATs, the possibilities left him reeling. A flurry of ideas later, he settled on a weather display featuring a Pimoroni Unicorn HAT HD.
The 1984 Weatherman Pi pulls data from the Dark Sky API every 1.5 seconds using a Zero W. [MisterM] chose to highlight the current temperature, conditions, and rain probability, though there are heaps of other API goodies still on the table. It shows the current weather conditions as animations, scrolls the temperature, and gives a nice graph of rainfall probability.
Surprisingly, the dazzling display isn’t our favorite part. See those spongy headphones up top? They’re not just for decoration, though they go a long way in helping the cassette player keep its identity. Whenever there’s a change in the weather, they shimmy back and forth on a 9g servo. If the servo were continuous, it might be neat to use them as a weather vane.
Be sure to check out [MisterM]’s comprehensive demo/build video waiting for you on the B-side. We love a good weather display around here, and the more colorful and literal, the better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=9aZER9OiExg
Via Instructables
nice!
There may be those who will complain about “gutting a priceless antique”,
but in my opinion, it’s just a $ony.
Yep, for almost all the things on old tech new spec, is using old appliances as a case.
Besides if someone will hook a Pi to an old Sony Trinitron portable or even Hitachi, could be an interesting thing.
Perhaps you meant Hita¢hi?
Wow! Pass the crow please, and the ketchup.
When I saw *man, I assumed $ony.
Good. The marketing is working.
I laughed.
Well I admire the build the shaking headphones leave me cold, it’s like a walkman with epilepsy.