diff --git a/archetypes/projects.md b/archetypes/projects.md index c1ded12..83b34a4 100644 --- a/archetypes/projects.md +++ b/archetypes/projects.md @@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ title: "{{ replace .Name "-" " " | title }}" date: {{ .Date }} draft: true -image: "featured.jpg" +image: /{{ .File.Dir }}featured.png summary: "A 1-2 sentence hook for the project box." tags: ["LXC", "Self-Hosting"] --- diff --git a/content/projects/garmin-eink/basic-setup.jpg b/content/projects/garmin-eink/basic-setup.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..04f4c22 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/projects/garmin-eink/basic-setup.jpg differ diff --git a/content/projects/garmin-eink/featured.jpg b/content/projects/garmin-eink/featured.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..602b74c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/projects/garmin-eink/featured.jpg differ diff --git a/content/projects/garmin-eink/index.md b/content/projects/garmin-eink/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbfb6d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/projects/garmin-eink/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +title: "Garmin Eink" +date: 2026-02-20T15:42:06Z +draft: false +image: /projects/garmin-eink/featured.jpg +summary: "Using an Eink display with an ESP32 to track and motivate me for a virtual running challenge" +tags: ["ESP32", "Self-Hosting"] +--- + + + +### 📋 Project Highlights +* **Goal:** Show my running progress on my desk +* **Tech Stack:** Python, ESP32, C# +* **Outcome:** A clean and simple setup that works reliably + +For christmas my wife got me a virtual running challenge. I have to run 80km with a smart watch and at the end I get a nice Scooby-Doo medal. The issue is, now that everything requires its own app I forget to open it. My Garmin watch tracks all my running and syncs it to the running app but I wanted a way see my progress, clearly on my desk in the hope it will motivate me to get out and run more. + +I had a waveshare 4.2" eink display in my drawer that ive been looking to find a good use for. A quick search only and I found a python wrapper that can pull data from Garmin connect and suddenly I had all the pieces to put this project together. +--- + +### Step 1 - Getting the Garmin Data + +I found this brilliant tool online called [Python Garmin Connect](https://github.com/cyberjunky/python-garminconnect) that allows you to input your Garmin account details and pull specific data from their API. The tool was installed and setup up as a system service on my server and the results servered with a Caddy web server. + +### Step 2 - Displaying data on the eink screen + +In VS Code I installed platform IO and connected my ESP32. The code was written to connect to wifi, grab the data from the web server and display it to the eink. I gave it a title and a progress bar with percentage to clearly show how much I have completed. I also added a Last Updated time stamp and logic to put the ESP to deep sleep and only update each morning after my typical workout time slot. + +![Early basic setup](./basic-setup.jpg) + +I later decided it made more sense to show todays date at the botton my the page, making it double as a basic daily calender. + +One of the greatest challenges was my desicion to include an image. An easier option would have been to buy an ESP32 with a micro SD card slot to give me an easier way of storing the image. Wanted to make this work without buying anything new I decided to stream the image from my Caddy server directly ro the display. With some AI magic I had a bash script that would convert any image I gave it to a resized monochrome bitmap suitable for the basic eink display. The great thing about using this approach is it makes changing the image for a different future challenge much easier. + +The case comes from [printables](https://www.printables.com/model/495094-waveshare-42-e-paper-stand/comments) and felt like the cleanest option. + +### 🏁 Summary & Lessons Learned +Wrap up your project here. What would you do differently next time? This provides that "closing" feel for a future employer. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/projects/smart-home/index.md b/content/projects/smart-home/index.md deleted file mode 100644 index f164085..0000000 --- a/content/projects/smart-home/index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,33 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Smart Home" -date: 2022-12-09T19:53:33+05:30 -draft: false -author: "Ash Marlow" -tags: - - Smart Home - - Home Assistant - - Zigbee -image: /img/projects/smart-home/medal.webp -description: "Some stuff about my smart home!" -summary: "A brief overview of my Proxmox-based home automation lab." ---- - -This is the short, punchy sentence that will show up in the box on the projects page. -It shouldn't be more than a line or two. - -This part of the text will ONLY show up once someone clicks into the -actual project page. 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