{"id":10236,"date":"2014-07-04T09:33:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T09:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=10236"},"modified":"2014-07-04T09:33:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T09:33:52","slug":"exchange-rate-digital-signage-with-a-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10236","title":{"rendered":"Exchange Rate digital signage with a #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.instructables.com\/files\/deriv\/FBJ\/QPMN\/HX5H6EFY\/FBJQPMNHX5H6EFY.LARGE.jpg?resize=560%2C156\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instructables user &#8220;smching&#8221; has written full instructions on setting up your Pi and a screen as a digital sign displaying exchange rate information. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Raspberry-Pi-Digital-Signage-Exchange-Rate-Display\/?ALLSTEPS\" target=\"_blank\">Read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructables user &#8220;smching&#8221; has written full instructions on setting up your Pi and a screen as a digital sign displaying exchange rate information. 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