Raspberry Pi: Displaying an RSS feed on an OLED display

Posted on 16. September 2017 by tom

The following Python code could be used to display the titles of an RSS feed on an OLED display, attached to a Raspberry Pi.

You need to install the Python “feedparser” package:

sudo apt-get install feedparser

Don’t forget to adjust the OLED wiring values in the “OLED initialization” part.

Then, call the script with two parameters:

./feed.py http://www.yourfeed.com/rss 10

where the first parameter is the URL to the RSS feed and the second one is the number of seconds after a new title will be displayed on the OLED.

And here is the whole script:

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Feuer

Posted on 15. September 2017 by tom

Term Definitions Version 1.0 “Montreal”

Posted on 7. September 2017 by tom

In preparation of the next RDA plenary, the DFT interest group has released Version 1.0 “Montreal” of their term definition collection (for better citation and reuse, every term has a Handle PID assigned).

https://smw-rda.esc.rzg.mpg.de//dft-1.0.html

Sommer

Posted on 24. August 2017 by tom

Last Call For Science Demonstrators For The EOSCpilot Project

Posted on 23. August 2017 by tom

Last Call for Science Demonstrators for the EOSCpilot (European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot) project

Applications open until 11th September 2017

The European Open Science Cloud for Research pilot project (EOSCpilot) project is supporting the first phase in the development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as described in the EC Communication on European Cloud Initiatives.
This is your chance, through this 2nd (and last) Open Call for Applications, to take part in the exciting EOSCpilot project, started in January 2017, as one of the Science Demonstrators.

Bits&Bytes No. 196 published

Posted on 17. August 2017 by tom

Bits&Bytes No. 196 is out with a nice article about using MPCDF’s DataShare service via WebDAV.

Irish Ladybugs

Posted on 31. July 2017 by tom

Irish ladybugs, in the near of Bray (south of Dublin).

PIT API confirmed as ICT Technical Specification

Posted on 26. July 2017 by tom

The “PIT API” specification (PID Information Types API) we developed in an RDA working group is now official confirmed as an ICT Technical Specification:

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1358 of 20 July 2017 on the identification of ICT Technical Specifications for referencing in public procurement

More on the RDA Working group on PIT API.