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− | + | In this blog, I am going to show how to make a clock including load averages visible on your RPi_UI board's display. | |
− | + | The code I putted in a script is: | |
#!/bin/bash | #!/bin/bash | ||
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− | + | Code extra explanation: | |
+ | DISPL="bw_tool -I -D /dev/i2c-1 -a 94" | ||
+ | This code is made so you don't have a big mess of a code. The codes with $DISPL reference to this code. | ||
+ | So instead of always typing bw_tool -I -D /dev/i2c-1 -a 94, he directly knows he has to use the one form DISPL, which is the same. | ||
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+ | $DISPL -W 10:0:b | ||
+ | The -W 10:00 removes the previous text, and the :b is for doing it in bytes. This is not really needed but, with it you know for sure every command is going fine. | ||
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+ | * | ||
− | $DISPL -W | + | $DISPL -W 11:00:b |
− | + | -W -11:00 is for defining on which line you want your text. That is for 11:00 the first line and with 11:20 the second line. | |
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+ | To make script you have to do: | ||
+ | nano Clock | ||
+ | ( You can change the name Clock also with something else. ) | ||
− | + | In the script you have to copy paste the code from above. ( Note: If you don't have a i2c-1 you of course have to use something else ) | |
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− | + | ./Clock | |
+ | To run it. This gave a error. | ||
− | + | You have to add | |
+ | chmod +x timer | ||
+ | To make your command for running Clock. | ||
− | + | Do: | |
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ls -l | ls -l | ||
+ | To look which commands are executable: | ||
total 56 | total 56 | ||
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drwxr-xr-x 5 pi pi 4096 Sep 3 10:27 bw_rpi_tools | drwxr-xr-x 5 pi pi 4096 Sep 3 10:27 bw_rpi_tools | ||
drwxrwxr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Jan 27 2015 python_games | drwxrwxr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Jan 27 2015 python_games | ||
− | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 480 Sep 7 08:47 | + | -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 480 Sep 7 08:47 Clock |
drwxr-xr-x 9 pi pi 4096 Aug 31 14:04 wiringPi | drwxr-xr-x 9 pi pi 4096 Aug 31 14:04 wiringPi | ||
− | ./ | + | If the x's are visible in your line you can use it. |
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+ | ./Clock | ||
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+ | [[File:RaspberryPiClock.png|400px|thumb|none|]] | ||
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+ | If you also want the day, month and year to appear, you have to add %F: | ||
+ | date +%F:%H:%M:%S | ||
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+ | == Change Time == | ||
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− | With my raspberry I | + | With my raspberry I had the problem that it was 2 hours earlier in time. So, I had to change it to the correct current time. |
− | I changed the time manually | + | I changed the time manually. |
− | + | To see the current time: | |
uname -a | uname -a | ||
Linux seniorservix 3.18.11-v7+ #781 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 21 18:07:59 BST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux | Linux seniorservix 3.18.11-v7+ #781 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 21 18:07:59 BST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux | ||
− | Give the current date: | + | To Give the current date: |
month-day-hours-minutes – year . seconds | month-day-hours-minutes – year . seconds | ||
− | ( | + | ( Always add a zero before a number than is under 10! so 8 = 08 ) |
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+ | Example of time: | ||
+ | 12:13:14 7 september 2015 becomes: | ||
090712132015.14 | 090712132015.14 | ||
+ | To use it add date for it: | ||
date 090711002015.00 | date 090711002015.00 | ||
+ | The terminal will print out: | ||
Mon Sep 7 11:00:00 UTC 2015 | Mon Sep 7 11:00:00 UTC 2015 | ||
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It directly printed the correct time that I gave. | It directly printed the correct time that I gave. | ||
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On [[Blog 05]] I will print the temperature on the display. | On [[Blog 05]] I will print the temperature on the display. |
Latest revision as of 17:52, 21 September 2015
!BETA!
In this blog, I am going to show how to make a clock including load averages visible on your RPi_UI board's display. The code I putted in a script is:
#!/bin/bash # What display to use: DISPL="bw_tool -I -D /dev/i2c-1 -a 94" # e.g. for SPI use: #DISPL="bw_tool -D /dev/spidev1.0 -a 94" #clean the display $DISPL -W 10:0:b while true; do #get cpu loads load=`cut -d' ' -f-3 /proc/loadavg` #print the current time $DISPL -W 11:00:b $DISPL -t `date +%H:%M:%S` #print the load averages $DISPL -W 11:20:b $DISPL -t $load #idle for 5 seconds sleep 5 done
Code used from the User Interface page.
Code extra explanation:
DISPL="bw_tool -I -D /dev/i2c-1 -a 94"
This code is made so you don't have a big mess of a code. The codes with $DISPL reference to this code. So instead of always typing bw_tool -I -D /dev/i2c-1 -a 94, he directly knows he has to use the one form DISPL, which is the same.
$DISPL -W 10:0:b
The -W 10:00 removes the previous text, and the :b is for doing it in bytes. This is not really needed but, with it you know for sure every command is going fine.
$DISPL -W 11:00:b
-W -11:00 is for defining on which line you want your text. That is for 11:00 the first line and with 11:20 the second line.
To make script you have to do:
nano Clock
( You can change the name Clock also with something else. )
In the script you have to copy paste the code from above. ( Note: If you don't have a i2c-1 you of course have to use something else )
./Clock
To run it. This gave a error.
You have to add
chmod +x timer
To make your command for running Clock.
Do:
ls -l
To look which commands are executable:
total 56 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep 3 14:10 _ drwxr-xr-x 5 pi pi 4096 Sep 3 10:27 bw_rpi_tools drwxrwxr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Jan 27 2015 python_games -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 480 Sep 7 08:47 Clock drwxr-xr-x 9 pi pi 4096 Aug 31 14:04 wiringPi
If the x's are visible in your line you can use it.
./Clock
If you also want the day, month and year to appear, you have to add %F:
date +%F:%H:%M:%S
Change Time
With my raspberry I had the problem that it was 2 hours earlier in time. So, I had to change it to the correct current time.
I changed the time manually. To see the current time:
uname -a
Linux seniorservix 3.18.11-v7+ #781 SMP PREEMPT Tue Apr 21 18:07:59 BST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux
To Give the current date: month-day-hours-minutes – year . seconds
( Always add a zero before a number than is under 10! so 8 = 08 )
Example of time: 12:13:14 7 september 2015 becomes: 090712132015.14
To use it add date for it:
date 090711002015.00
The terminal will print out: Mon Sep 7 11:00:00 UTC 2015
At this point the original time was still visible on the screen. So I removed it from the screen and printed it out again.
bw_tool -I -D /dev/i2c-1 -a 94 -w 10:00 ./timer
It directly printed the correct time that I gave.
The Raspberry Pi will remember the time you gave it so don't be scared to turn off or reboot your Raspberry Pi!
On Blog 05 I will print the temperature on the display.