Ecowitt API experiment

Software Internet of Things (IoT) Projects
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I thought I’d try a little experiment with the Ecowitt API and a PyPortal Titano. The PyPortal device is a small (4 inch diagonal I think) touch screen with an attached processor, memory and WiFi (it’s got some more stuff too but that wasn’t important for my experiment). The device can run CircuitPython which is a version of Python intended to run on small devices.

I combined some code examples to set up a WiFi connection, then call the Ecowitt API for my station and finally dump out the received data. As you can see below, it worked…

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Apologies for the slightly fuzzy photo, the camera had problems getting the whole screen in focus in a close-up view.

Next steps are to display the data in a nicer format, perhaps with some graphics, and enable the touch screen to allow you to see a number of different screens showing different data values.

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Neat! Keep us advised on your progress.

Thanks,

Jim

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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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Great! Looking forward how it evolves!

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Any progress on this ?

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Like too many of my projects I got distracted by migrating servers, fixing stuff and other new projects. It’s still something I will continue with once I cycle back to my smart home project.