diff --git a/_posts/2018-05-24-walldashboard-raspberry.1.markdown b/_posts/2018-05-24-walldashboard-raspberry.1.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d217c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2018-05-24-walldashboard-raspberry.1.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +--- +layout: post +status: publish +published: true +title: Creating a wall dashboard with an old laptop screen +author: Julien Lengrand-Lambert +author_login: jlengrand +author_email: julien@lengrand.fr +author_url: http://www.lengrand.fr +categories: +- work +- fun +- development +tags: +- bash +- experiment +- dakboard +- dashboard +- work +- startup +- hack +comments: [] +--- + +Heyo, + +The past year, I've had a growing need for a dashboard to check what's coming. +Lots of things to take care of for the baby, my girlfriend leaving couple days a month on average, keeping all family visits in mind, but also checking the weather of the day to know how to dress the little one. +Looks like having a baby requires you to get organized a little more :). + +Luckily, I had an old laptop screen laying around for such an occasion, and I had a couple Raspberries on the shelf. So I decided to get to the task. + +## Getting the hardware together + +So the first thing to do was to get all the hardware needed for such a project: + +* An old laptop screen +* A raspberry pi, with a power cable +* An inverter kit to convert the LDVS laptop output to HDMI such as [this one](https://www.ebay.com/itm/HDMI-DVI-VGA-Driver-LVDS-Inverter-Kit-Convert-a-Bare-Laptop-LCD-into-Monitor-/111115624120). +* Another power cable to power the screen +* An HDMI cable to connect the screen to the pi + +The cool thing with the inverter kit is that it will allow you to control the screen (brightness, on/off, ...). + +[Image of the buttons to control the screen] + +The inverter kit is pretty simple to connect : + +* One input for the power cable +* One input for the control board +* One input for the actual screen signal conversion. + +You just have to be careful to choose the right type of inverter for your screen. + +Once everything is connected, you essentially have a computer in front of you and the next step is to start working on the software side of things. + +## Setting up the Raspberry \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/computer-vision-companies/index.html b/computer-vision-companies/index.html index 16ba7fb..6f813c6 100644 --- a/computer-vision-companies/index.html +++ b/computer-vision-companies/index.html @@ -422,9 +422,9 @@ The companies below are listed by country. For each of them, you will find the
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