A Status display using the Pimoroni Inky pHAT and React
- A Server running an MQTT Broker.
- A Raspberry Pi & Pimoroni Inky pHat.
- Python 3 and virtualenv installed
- Nodejs & npm
Everything could be running on the Raspberry Pi, or separately. It's up to you!
- Change to client directory:
cd client
- Create virtual environment:
virtualenv -p python3 env
- Activate virtual environment:
source env/bin/activate
- Install dependencies:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
- Create a config.json file:
{ "mqttConfig" : { "server" : "hostname", "port" : 8883, "username" : "username", "password" : "password", "clientId" : "statusClient", "topic" : "statustopic" } }
- Run Client:
python3 status.py
- Change to server directory:
cd server
- Install Dependencies:
npm install
- Create a .env file:
MQTT_HOST=hostname MQTT_PORT=8883 MQTT_PROTOCOL=ssl MQTT_USER=username MQTT_PASS=password MQTT_ID=statusServer MQTT_TOPIC=statustopic HTTP_PORT=9000
- Build the Static Content:
npm run build
- Run the Server:
node server