• Checkout Part 1 of the Social media Ticker

The 96Boards Social Media Ticker

Currently this is what the functionality is:

• Support the following Platforms
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
• Displays the number of followers on the 5 LED Matrix Displays
• Displays Platform Logo on the OLED display
• Cycles between each Platform every 10 sec.
• Refreshes every 30 sec
• Rinse and Repeat

0Auth APIs Used

• Twitter: Full 0Auth API from https://developer.twitter.com/content/developer-twitter/en.html
• YouTube: API Key from https://developers.google.com/youtube/
• Instagram: Simple query trick to get follower data without a using developer account ;)

Notable Python Modules

• Tweepy: An easy-to-use Python library for accessing the Twitter API.
• Requests: Requests allows you to send organic, grass-fed HTTP/1.1 requests, without the need for manual labor.

Notable External Arduino Libraries

• LedControlMS.h
• Adafruit GFX
• Adafruit SSD1306

Source The source for this project is available at: https://github.com/96boards-projects

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