Telegram IoT Signboard using CircuitPython on Maker Pi Pico

Telegram IoT Signboard using CircuitPython on Maker Pi Pico

Introduction

This tutorial I use the same hardware setup as the internet clock tutorial. Just, this time I want to display a Telegram message on the dot matrix.

Video

Hardware Preparation

This is the list of items used in the tutorial.

Sample Program

This is CircuitPython sample program. You need to include these libraries in your CIRCUITPY/lib folder. You can download it from CircuitPython Library Bundle.

  • adafruit_espatcontrol
  • adafruit_max7219
  • adafruit_framebuf.mpy
  • adafruit_requests.mpy
  • simpleio.mpy
  • font5x8.bin (in examples folder)

3D Files

You can download the STL files from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5237826

Thank You

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"Please be reminded, this tutorial is prepared for you to try and learn.
You are encouraged to improve the code for a better application."