The Chocolate Box News Reader #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

from The Chocolate Box News Reader #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi
by Stephanie

NewImage

From rongrimes on GitHub:

What does it do

The Chocolate Box News Reader (CBNR) continuously displays news from the CBC RSS feeds.

Features:

  • 29 news feeds – Top Stories, World, and Canada Regional
  • 15 news items per feed
  • It takes about 90 minutes to cycle through the full news set
  • Each news item has “more” information that can be displayed on request.
  • Will run offline with stored news
  • Can run on continuous power (current uptime is 8 weeks 4 days)
  • Even with only the dumb keypad & 2×16 display, it can connect to a local wifi access point, with password, or web login

Read more


3055 06Each Friday is PiDay here at Adafruit! Be sure to check out our posts, tutorials and new Raspberry Pi related products. Adafruit has the largest and best selection of Raspberry Pi accessories and all the code & tutorials to get you up and running in no time!

Comments