Clock control software with mpd support for the raspberrypi nixietube board from cathode creations.
nixietube-clock was written to control the RaspberryPi nixie tube from cathode creations, on a raspberrypi.
It could easily be modified to provide the functionalty to some other display, by replacing nixieString() with a function that displays on a different output device.
I've used the mpd integration with mopidy, but it should work with any mpd server local or remote.
- Displays time
- Periodically scrolls in Date Display
- If MPD server is playing music displays songs number and percent complete
- Displays volume setting if MPD changes volume
- Install dependencies
- Python3
- python-mpd (if mpd integration desired)
- RPi.GPIO
- Customize configuration
- $EDITOR nixietube-clock.py
- $EDITOR nixietube-clock.service
- Copy script to install path
- sudo cp nixietube-clock.py /usr/local/bin/
- sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/nixietube-clock.py
- Copy systemd service file into system config
- sudo cp nixietube-clock.service /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
- Have systemd load and start service
- sudo systemctl daemon-reload
- sudo systemctl start nixietube-clock.service
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| nixietube-clock.py | Python program with the main clock control loop |
| nixietube-clock.service | Systemd service file to enable the clock to launch at boot |
- Add requirements.txt file [https://pip.readthedocs.io/en/1.1/requirements.html]
- Do not update display if nothing changed
- Replace regular interval sleeps with calculated sleep until next expected display update
- Consider prebuffering display on wake-up then calculate afterward.
- Add command line arguments to control configurable parameters i.e. mpdhostname, port
- Add Weather reports
- Add display to stdout, if requested or RPi.GPIO unavailable
- Come up with better song playback display
- When playback detected, periodically show time
- Remove old nixietube board demo options