DC Metro Sign

Code for an LED sign displaying incoming and outgoing DC Metro train arrival times so you'll never miss a train again! The v1.0.0 release also includes current weather conditions sourced from OpenWeather, along with daily minimum and maximum temperatures. Find the full build log here!

Table of Contents

• Features
• Primary Hardware Requirements
• Required APIs
• Getting Started
• Usage
• Contributing

Features

• Displays real-time Metro train data from WMATA API
• Displays weather information
• Day/Night cycling
• Scrolling notifications

Primary Hardware Requirements

• Matrix Portal (Adafruit)
• 64x32 RGB LED Matrix - 4mm pitch (x2) (Adafruit)
• Additional components listed in the project outline Substack post

Required APIs

• WMATA API (source)
• Openweather Onecall 3.0 (source)
• Adafruit IO Time (source)

Getting Started

Clone the repo and transfer all files to a MatrixPortal running CircuitPython.

Usage

To run the project, execute the code.py file.

python code.py

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute, fork the repository and create a pull request with your changes.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the LICENSE file for details.