PiPresents
Tech stack
- Written entirely in python
- Uses remi library for creating the gui
Architecture
- Requires full Rasbian image (too powerful for Raspbian Lite)
- Can run on “any” raspberry pi
Features
- “it is stand alone, multi-media, highly interactive”
- Many control paradigms: slideshow, cursor controlled menu, radio button
- Users or machines can interact with it over several types of interfaces
- Easy “black box operation” features, including auto startup and completely headless operation
- Unicode characters, so ‘non-Latin’ character sets are usable
Resources
Python Slideshow with Time and Weather
Tech stack
- Written entirely in python
- Uses pygame to render the UI
Architecture
- Can be run on Raspberry pi, but recommends to increase graphics memory
Features
- Displays local date and time
- Displays weather based off where you say your location is. Allows you to choose from different areas
- Has a running slideshow that let’s you change the speed and the images displayed
Resources
Raspberry Digital Signage
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Is an operating system designed for digital signage installations on the Raspberry Pi.
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Displays web pages from LAN, Internet or internal (SD-card-hosted) folder in a restricted full-screen view. Contains a WordPress installation embedded by default, where the Raspberry Pi is used as the source web server
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Uses Chromium builds that features HTML5 to display
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Software is available under GPL License.
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Their “release” build is limited in functionality. To gain full access to the unrestricted versions you have to donate