{"id":7337,"date":"2013-12-25T23:15:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T23:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2013-12-25T23:15:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-25T23:15:51","slug":"pilite-displays-time-weather-and-messages-using-a-raspberrypi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7337","title":{"rendered":"PiLite displays time, weather and messages using a #RaspberryPi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wiki.raspberrytorte.com\/images\/thumb\/0\/08\/CISECOPiLite.JPG\/800px-CISECOPiLite.JPG?resize=560%2C420\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Martin has <a href=\"http:\/\/raspberrytorte.com\/?p=68\">blogged <\/a>about using the <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.ciseco.co.uk\/pi-lite-lots-of-leds-for-the-raspberry-pi-0805-red\/\">Ciseco PiLite<\/a>\u00a0and getting it to display useful information such as the current time and weather as well as some Christmas messages. He&#8217;s made the code available online.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/raspberrytorte.com\/?p=68\">Read more here<\/a>\u00a0or watch his video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ItjJI-uRyY\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin has blogged about using the Ciseco PiLite\u00a0and getting it to display useful information such as the current time and weather as well as some Christmas messages. He&#8217;s made the code available online. 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