Tag: google apis

• #Raspberry Pi: an E-Paper display with Widgets

  Raspberry Pi | 7 min | 31042

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  raspberry pi

  google apis

  raspberry pi zero

  e-ink display

  waveshare

  google calendar

  E-paper or e-ink displays are becoming more common in recent days. You can find them e.g. on readers, clocks and sensors. Thus, I looked for an e-ink display for the Raspberry Pi and I found the Waveshare® 7.5" E-ink Screen.

  There are many projects with an e-ink display and the Raspberry Pi, but I first tried with an ESP32 and MicroPython. That solution didn't work (something was not working with the reset voltage - too much signal noise). So, that remains a work in progress and I wi...

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• #MicroPython & #WiPy 2.0/3.0: Geolocation using WLAN

  MicroPython | 5 min | 4427

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  wipy

  esp32

  geolocation

  wifi

  google apis

  I was surfing the services that Google offers, I found the Geolocation API. As Google describes the API: it returns a location and accuracy radius based on information about cell towers and WiFi nodes that the mobile client can detect. As I was writing the last post using MicroPython, I thought the WiPy 2.0/3.0 could be a nice "mobile client".

  To use the API you need to get an API key from Google. As a standard user of the API, you get:

  • 2,500 free requests per day, and
  • 50 r...

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