Scopae - Waste collection calendar

[lennardollesch]

Scopae

Turn your Kindle into an energy-efficient waste collection calendar.

Just write a Python scraper for your provider's schedule and let it run for several months on a single battery charge, as long as you don’t use the device for anything else.

Features:

• Automatic data scrapes
• Customizable display behavior
• Use your Kindle as usual - just sets the screensaver

GitHub: https://github.com/lennardollesch/Scopae

[lennardollesch]

Scopae rewritten in Go - no more Python

A new release is up: https://github.com/lennardollesch/Sc...eleases/latest

Scopae has been rewritten from the ground up in Go. It now ships as a single
self-contained binary, so the Python runtime and the old shell scripts are no
longer needed on the device - just drop the binary in place.

What is new

• Runs out of the box with a bundled scraper. Scrapers are now standalone programs, in any language, that speak a small JSON protocol and live in their own repos, so new providers can be added without touching Scopae.
• Waste icons are now vector graphics, rendered on-device to your Kindle's exact screen size, so the layout fits any model instead of shipping fixed PNGs.
• More robust unattended operation: scheduling via KindleCron (survives deep sleep), power-loss-safe writes, a self-capping log, reliable Wi-Fi/airplane restoration, and automatic retry after a failed run.
• KUAL menu (Start / Force data update / Stop / Clear logs) with progress shown on the screen.
• Faster rendering and locale-aware dates.

... and much more in the release notes.

Upgrading from the Python version

• KindleCron is now required (run kron setup once); Python is not.
• The config moved to config/config.json - re-check your settings after installing.
• Grab the new release, copy the extensions and scopae folders over, set your config, and run Start.

Feedback and reports of additional working models are welcome as always.