ssegma / raspberrylcdnotifier

Raspberry Pi LCD notifier in Python

RaspberryLCDNotifier

• Raspberry Pi LCD notifier in Python
• Shows number of unread email on dot matrix LCD.
• Email status updates every sec.

Hardware

• Raspberry Pi
• 16x2 dot matrix LCD

How to use it.

1. install RPi GPIO; https://pypi.python.org/pypi/RPi.GPIO
2. install feedparser ;; sudo pip install feedparser
3. Update USERNAME and PASSWORD in line 205
4. Enjoy then..

Prerequisites/Library

• This program runs on the top of Python and Rpi.GPIO library. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/RPi.GPIO
• Gmail parser comes from libgmail and feedparser.

How this works

• Gmail provides ATOM feed service thru "https://{}:{}@mail.google.com/gmail/feed/atom".format(USERNAME, PASSWORD))"
• With feedparser, we break it down, and search for [fullcount] field.
• After parsing unread count, display it in format on the dot matrix LCD display.

Reference

• http://www.rpiblog.com/2012/11/interfacing-16x2-lcd-with-raspberry-pi.html
• https://pypi.python.org/pypi/RPi.GPIO