The appearance of the informer "Magic Brick" (built from WEMOS D1 and Nokia 5110 LCD):
Project page (in ruissian) - acdc.foxylab.com/magic_brick
Connections in informer circuit:
WEMOS D1 pin | Nokia 5110 LCD pin |
---|---|
D0 | RST |
D6 | CE |
D5 | DC |
D2 | DIN |
D1 | CLK |
3V3 | VCC |
5V (with ballast resistor) | BL |
GND | GND |
The informer receives power via a microUSB cable.
The following current information is displayed on the screen:
- time (hours:minutes)
- date (day.month)
- day of the week (in russian)
- Moon phase
- temperature
- weather phenomena
- wind direction
- wind strength (in Beaufort wind force scale)
- magnetic field symbol
- global planetary index of geomagnetic activity (Kp-index)
- symbol of the Sun
- level of ultraviolet radiation (UV-index)
- atmospheric pressure (hPa)
- Bitcoin price (USD)
- percentage change in Bitcoin price per day
Information sources:
- time and date - Network Time Protocol (NTP) Project
- temperature - Open-Meteo.com: Free Open-Source Weather API
- weather phenomena - Open-Meteo.com: Free Open-Source Weather API
- wind direction and strength - Open -Meteo.com: Free Open-Source Weather API
- Kp-index - NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
- UV-index - OpenUV.io: Global Real-Time UV Index REST JSON API
- atmospheric pressure - Сurrent weather and forecast - OpenWeatherMap
- Bitcoin price - CoinGecko
Examples of information displayed:
strong magnetic storm (Kp 7) November 5-6 2023, accompanied by northern lights in temperate latitudes
cyclone accompanied by very low pressure (987 hPa)
The informer body is made of a sheet of cardboard 0.9 mm thick.
This is what the informer looked like before final assembly:
To be continued ...