An alarm clock for the Raspberry Pi.
Deployed on a Raspberry Pi Model B 2011.12 running Raspbian 2015-05-05
Development is ongoing.
- LED clock display
- Alarms
- Play songs
- Say something random
- Tell the weather
- Tell a joke
- Words of wisdom
- Pester your children
On a Raspberry Pi:
# Disable power saving so Wi-Fi doesn't drop
sudo sh -c 'echo "options 8192cu rtw_power_mgnt=0 rtw_enusbss=1 rtw_ips_mode=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/8192cu.conf'
sudo apt-get -y update; sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential python-dev python-pip mpg123 supervisor
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
# Install i2c for the LED backpack
sudo apt-get -y install i2c-tools libffi-dev
sudo sh -c 'echo "i2c-dev\ni2c-bcm2708" >> /etc/modules'
sudo sh -c 'echo "dtparam=i2c1=on\ndtparam=i2c_arm=on" >> /boot/config.txt'
git clone [email protected]:everett-toews/pi-o-clock.git
sudo cp /home/pi/pi-o-clock/pi-o-clock.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/
sudo pip install --upgrade setuptools
sudo pip install --upgrade pip
sudo pip install -r /home/pi/pi-o-clock/requirements.txt
git clone [email protected]:adafruit/Adafruit_Python_LED_Backpack.git
sudo python /home/pi/Adafruit_Python_LED_Backpack/setup.py install
sudo rebootSetup an account on VoiceRSS and get an API key.
sudo sh -c 'echo "export VOICERSS_API_KEY=my_voicerss_api_key" >> /root/.profile'
On a Raspberry Pi:
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.clock [email protected]
cd pi-o-clock
git pull
sudo supervisorctl restart pi-o-clock
service supervisor status
sudo supervisorctl status pi-o-clock
sudo supervisorctl update pi-o-clock
sudo supervisorctl start pi-o-clock
sudo supervisorctl restart pi-o-clock
# on pi-o-clock.conf file changes
sudo supervisorctl reread
sudo supervisorctl update
On a Mac:
Install FUSE and SSHFS
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -N '' -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa.clock
mkdir -p ~/dev/sshfs/pi-o-clock
sshfs -o IdentityFile=~/.ssh/id_rsa.clock [email protected]:pi-o-clock ~/dev/sshfs/pi-o-clock/
cd pi-o-clock
source venv/bin/activate
python -m unittest discover tests
python manage.py runserver --debug
cd ..
sudo umount ~/dev/sshfs/pi-o-clock/
On a Raspberry Pi:
sudo python manage.py shell
from clock import bg
bg.print_jobs()
from clock import sched
sched.list_alarms()
from clock.sched import Alarm
sched.play_alarm(Alarm('pi-oclock'))
sched.remove_alarm(Alarm('clock-tick'))
I picked up these instructions from the Hack Clock project.
To wire up the LED display to the Raspberry Pi you need to grab a five jumper wires of varying colors. The actual color doesn't matter at all... however sometimes it is helpful to stick with a color scheme that other engineers often use. By using the same colors each time, you can more easily determine what each wire is supposed to do.
To wire up the Adafruit 7-Segment LED backpack to a Raspberry Pi:
- Wire the VIO (I/O power) pin on the display to Pin #1 (3.3V power) on the Raspberry Pi using a grey jumper cable
- Connect the SDA (I2C Data) pin on the display to Pin #3 (SDA) on the Raspberry Pi using a red cable
- Connect the SCL (I2C Clock) pin on the display to Pin #5 (SCL) on the Raspberry Pi with a blue cable
- Wire the GND (Ground) pin on the display to Pin #7 (Ground) on the Raspberry Pi using a black jumper cable
- Connect the VDC (LED power) pin on the display to Pin #2 (5V power) on the Raspberry Pi with a white jumper cable
Once the display is wired up, double-check your connections and power on your Raspberry Pi.