{"id":10167,"date":"2014-06-27T08:48:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=10167"},"modified":"2014-06-27T08:48:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T08:48:13","slug":"weather-station-with-the-pitft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10167","title":{"rendered":"Weather station with the #PiTFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.jacobean.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_5218-1024x768.jpg?resize=560%2C420\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jamie Jackson has written some code that uses the weather.com API to pull a weather forecast into his Pi. He then displays it on his PiTFT using some icons he downloaded. It&#8217;s a neat little set-up that is\u00a0well worth a go if you like to be kept up to date on all things meteorological (and yes, I did use spell-checker for that!). <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jacobean.net\/?p=1016\" target=\"_blank\">Read all about it here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie Jackson has written some code that uses the weather.com API to pull a weather forecast into his Pi. He then displays it on his PiTFT using some icons he downloaded. 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