This project is so cobbled together I’m almost proud of it, I don’t expect anyone to be able to recreate this exactly but if there are parts of it that help, here you go.
My dog prefers a walk early in the morning as the sun is dawning, so I’d like info on when dawn is along with the current weather forecast, plus very localised info on what the temperature is now and importantly, if it’s raining out.
The go to choice to present this info would be a Raspberry Pi with a small display to allow a quick glance at in the morning.
The info to display on the Pi screen can be sources from a couple of sources;
- An API call from a weather service (weatherbit.io) for more general sunrise, sunset and current weather.
- A SDR radio picking up a nearby weather station for more localised temperature and rainfall values.
This is how it comes together…
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