Pico W model railway train departure sign

This provides a railway train departure board running on a Raspberry Pi Pico W. It can handle two SD1306 I2C display modules.

Install

First setup the Raspberry Pi Pico W with the MicroPython interpretter. Use Thonny to connect to the Raspberry Pi and transfer files.

The following files need to be uploaded to the Raspberry Pi Pico W.

• main.py (main program file - save as main.py to run automatically)
• ssd1306.py (SSD1306 library)
• secrets.json (WiFi SSID and password - see below)

Configure

You wil need to configure a secrets.json file with your WiFi details:

secrets.json

Create a file called secrets.json with your network configuration information.

{
"SSID":"MYSSID",
"WPASS":"WirelessPassword"
}

main.py

You may need to change the IP address in the url variable.