=== About === stdd (short for "simple time display daemon") is a handy little daemon for the Raspberry PI device that can be used to display the current time on a 7 segment display with a HT16K33 backpack from Adafruit Industries. It makes heavy use of the python libraries published by Adafruit to control the display via I2C. === USAGE === see ./stdd === Dependencies === stov depends on the following software to be installed: * python 2.7 or higher (lower 2.x versions might work but are not tested 3.x is not supported) * python-smbus * python-pcrtl (optional) === COPYING === see LICENSE === Configuration === HW_ADDRESS: hardware address for your display, a common value is "0x70" use i2cdetect to find yours if it doesn't match BLINK_COLON: define if you want the middle colon to blink, 0 = off, 1 = on BRIGHTNESS_HIGH: value used for "high" brightness, valid values are 0-15 BRIGHTNESS_LOW: value used for "low" brightness, valid values are 0-15 SET_BRIGHTNESS_LOW: value used for "low" brightness, valid values are 0-15 SET_BRIGHTNESS_HIGH: time of the day to change the brightness from low to high SYSLOG_LEVEL: maximum syslog level to log, stdd uses debug, info and error SYSLOG_FACILITY: syslog facility to use for logging (default: user, can also be daemon) === Known issues === None yet === Installation == see INSTALL