A gadget that displays the latest HackerNews article, and notifies you of changes to your karma
With just one off-the-shelf part and some programming, you can have a standalone gadget that displays the latest HackerNews story, and notifies you of changes to your karma!
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This project is perfect for electronics beginners with some experience in software; this walk-through was written with the assumption that you are starting from scratch.
Features:
Pre-requisites:
Installation:
<sketchbook_location>/libraries/TFT_eSPI/User_Setup_Select.h
, add //
to the beginning of the line (comment out) #include <User_Setup.h>
and remove the //
(uncomment) from the line #include <User_Setups/Setup25_TTGO_T_Display.h>
, and save the filePotential Improvements: