Archive - Tristan’s Substack

Metro Sign Build: Bringing it All Together

Build Log 6: The While Loop

Apr 6, 2023 •

March 2023

Metro Sign Build: Creating a Train (Object)

Progress update: 🚀 We can now display text, connect to the internet, and store train data! Next: building the main loop. Stay tuned! 🚆 #metrodisplay

Mar 20, 2023 •

Metro Sign Build: Getting real-time Metro data from WMATA

Create and send a GET request to the WMATA API to get train data. Use Adafruit's WiFiManager to set up a connection and json() function to read the…

Mar 8, 2023 •

Metro Sign Build: Working with LED Display Libraries

We use the MatrixPortal library in CircuitPython to display text on LED panels. Learn how to create and use displayio groups to get your text up and…

Mar 3, 2023 •

February 2023

July 2019

How To Stream a Pokémon Speedrun on Twitch

I’m a big speedrunning fan, and I had a great time watching Keizaron complete his Pokémon Crystal speedrun at SGDQ 2019 a few weeks ago.

Jul 19, 2019 •

December 2016

November 2016

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