{"id":16874,"date":"2017-05-24T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16874"},"modified":"2017-05-24T17:03:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T16:03:52","slug":"make-your-sensehat-and-raspberry-pi-into-an-email-status-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16874","title":{"rendered":"Make your SenseHAT and Raspberry Pi into an email status device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/raspberry-pi-email-notifier.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16875\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/raspberry-pi-email-notifier.jpg?resize=560%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/raspberry-pi-email-notifier.jpg?w=757&amp;ssl=1 757w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/raspberry-pi-email-notifier.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/raspberry-pi-email-notifier.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/raspberry-pi-email-notifier.jpg?resize=260%2C195&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/raspberry-pi-email-notifier.jpg?resize=160%2C120&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gus over at PiMyLifeUp has written some excellent software and accompanying tutorial that\u00a0enables you to turn your Pi and SenseHAT into an email-inbox-status device. The SenseHAT&#8217;s LED matrix is used as a readout to tell you how many unread emails you&#8217;ve got. You will need an IMAP-enabled email account for it to work (such as Gmail). <a href=\"https:\/\/pimylifeup.com\/raspberry-pi-email-notifier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take a look at the tutorial here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gus over at PiMyLifeUp has written some excellent software and accompanying tutorial that\u00a0enables you to turn your Pi and SenseHAT into an email-inbox-status device. 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