This is a library to display a countdown to a certain eepoch time on a 16x2 LCD display using a Raspberry Pi.
Set the countdown time with the method setEpoch(t), the t should be the epoch second of the date.
You can generate the epoch time at Epoch Converter.
Note: If the epoch time you set is less than the current epoch time an error will be thrown.
Next, use the setText(message) method to change the title of your countdown.
Note: text must be shorter than 16 characters
Finally run the main() method and the counutdown will begin.
| LCD | GPIO |
|---|---|
| VSS | gnd |
| VDD | 5v |
| V0 | 2k resistor to gnd |
| RS | 26 |
| RW | gnd |
| E | 19 |
| D4 | 13 |
| D5 | 6 |
| D6 | 5 |
| D7 | 11 |
| A | 5v |
| K | gnd |
Note: The GPIO pins can be changed in the lcd.py file.
Thank you Matt from raspberrypi-spy.co.uk for supplying the python file for GPIO LCD interaction. That script can be found here.
This has only been tested with Python 2.7, it may or may not work with later versions.