Chameleon

This script monitors the weather at Nelen&Schuurmans (Vinkenburgstraat 2A) and controls the traffic light via a Flask API.

WARNING! Pins 8, 10, 12, 16, 18 are physically wired to switches. NEVER set those pins to 'OUT' mode as it will short circuit the pin to ground, potentially burning the GPIO or the entire RasPi!

Setup

git clone https://github.com/nens/chameleon.git
python3 lights_control.py  # make this a service permanently running
python3 weather_display.py  # run this every few minutes from a cronjob

What does it mean?

All the factors are measured over a certain upcoming time period; an hour by default.

North shows whether it is blowing

Red >= 7 m/s
Green >= 1 m/s, < 7 m/s
Off = < 1 m/s

East shows how much rain will fall at the highest peak

Red >= 5 mm/h
Orange < 5 mm/h, >= 2 mm/h
Green < 2 mm/h, > 0 mm/h
Off = 0 mm/h

West shows how cold it is

Green >= 20C
Orange < 20C, >= 10C
Red < 10C