Twitter Breaking News on the Inky PHAT from Pimoroni

Some code from here and there, a very small computer and a small e-paper screen, and you get a nice little breaking news notification machine.

Putting Twitter breaking news on display every few minutes on the Pimoroni Inky PHAT took some code modification, but what else is new when it comes to coding, right? We’re always adapting someone else’s work and coming up with new solutions. All the code I refer to in this instructional blog post can be found at my GitHub repository: https://github.com/RFNajera/Inky-PHAT-Breaking-News

What you need

• Raspberry Pi Zero W (or WH). If you get the W, then you’ll have to do some soldering. No big deal.
• Pimoroni Inky PHAT
• 5V mini-USB power supply for the Raspberry
• Micro SD card of at least 8GB capacity

Initial Raspberry Pi Set Up

• Install a lite version of the Raspbian Linux distribution on the SD card. I use Raspberry Pi’s own card imager. Choose a “lite” version because you don’t want to bother with connecting a monitor, keyboard and mouse. We’ll do all the work via SSH on a Mac.
• When the image is…